Sasha Sarago
PROFILE
Sasha Kutabah Sarago is a proud Yidinji, Jirrbal and African-American author, filmmaker and speaker. Her debut memoir Gigorou: It’s time to reclaim beauty. First Nations wisdom and womanhood was published by Pantera Press in 2023. Sasha’s TEDx talk ‘The (De)colonising of Beauty’ was selected as TED.com 2021 Editor’s Choice. Sasha has appeared on NITV’s Awaken: Black Is Beautiful, SBS’s Insight: Growing Up Mixed Race, ABC’s The School that Tried to End Racism and Vogue Codes ‘Reinventing Beauty: Australia’s Place in the Beauty Landscape.
Sasha has written and directed documentaries Too Pretty to Be Aboriginal and InsideOUT with published articles in The Guardian, SBS Voices, and Fashion Journal, Frankie, Peppermint and Marie Claire magazines.
As the former editor and founder of Ascension, Australia’s first digital lifestyle platform for women of colour, Sasha tirelessly advocates for increased diversity, equity, and inclusion in the fashion, beauty, and media sectors. She is also passionate about fostering Indigenous entrepreneurship in technology to empower communities towards building generational wealth and Indigenous-owned and controlled economies.
SPEAKING TOPICS
Authenticity Is The Blueprint
Sasha Kutabah Sarago knows the challenges of turning frustration into inspiration. In 2011, Sasha launched Ascension – Australia’s first digital lifestyle platform for women of colour. Stepping into the world of entrepreneurship without a blueprint, Sasha shares her start-up journey, taking you behind the scenes: how to turn passion into solutions, having the audacity to take up space and creating a business that evolves with you.
Set Your Pace. Win Your Race
Is the story you’re telling yourself letting someone else set the pace in your life or business? We can get swept up in the day-to-day operations of our business or simply trying to balance our sense of self, family and relationships.
The stories we tell ourselves profoundly impact what goals we create and the pace we set to achieve them. But if they are not authentic and do not serve us, why do we possess them?
Gigorou: It's time to reclaim beauty. First Nations wisdom and womanhood.
n a time where the patriarchy obstructs women from the divine feminine and sexism, racism and ageism violate our sovereignty. Gigorou invites us to explore the interconnectedness of Aboriginal culture to resolve our relationship with beauty.
Are you ready to embrace your gigorou?
