Tracey Kariwo

Tracey Kariwo is a young lawyer who has been in Australian since 2008 

having migrated from Zimbabwe. She is a project analyst at KPMG She

started her legal career as a legal compliance office and on completing her 

practical legal training took on a role as immigration lawyer.

Joining me to interview Tracey is a ex colleague of mine Tinashe Makamure 

who told me Tracy would be great to interview. Given that they recently got 

engaged I should certainly hope that he thought highly of Tracey. Of course 

Tinashe did not disappoint.

Tracey talks about:

 The difficulties of fitting into law school where the majority of students 

were ethnically white;

 The finer points of negotiating a bride price; 

 One good thing Robert Mugabe (former president Zimbabwe) did 

achieve;

 What the “black tax” is amongst the Zimbabwean community; 

 The power of networking and belonging to a religious community

 Her first legal mentor and how he encouraged her to complete her 

practical legal training;

 Common issues encountered with helping companies bring in workers 

to Australia;

 Where the majority of migrant workers come from;

 What individuals can do on a practical basis if they want to help a 

refugee;

 What is a global mobility consultant and how do you get a job like that;

 Starting a business as a global mobility consultancy for students 

If you want to contact Tracey Kariwo you can contact her at:

atohaustralia@gmail.com