Cara Elizabeth Yar Khan

Cara Elizabeth Yar Khan is a disability advocate, public speaker and United Nations humanitarian.

Yar Khan was born in Hyderabad, India to an Indian father and English mother, and was raised in Canada.

Her interest in humanitarianism began while watching a telethon to raise money for children in Africa, when she was six years old.

Education and career Yar Khan studied at the University of Guelph, earning a B.A. in international development, before attending Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies in Italy. After graduating college, earning her master's in public policy, she travelled in 2001 with the United Nations World Food Programme to Ecuador to begin her career as a humanitarian. For 15 years she worked in different humanitarian roles in 10 different countries, including work as a fundraising officer and child protection specialist for UNICEF.

Achievements and awards Yar Khan began horseback riding in 2014, and was recognized as the Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International's 2015 Adult Equestrian of the Year. To demonstrate two common themes from her public speaking career, courage and fear, Yar Khan embarked on a 12-day trip at the Grand Canyon, including four days spent descending the area on horseback and another eight days white water rafting in the Colorado River.

As of July 2022, a documentary about Yar Khan, called Her Inescapable Brave Mission, created with filmmaker Sam Pollard and executive producer Brenda Robinson, was in the works.