Sheetal Deo
Creating Change Through Compassionate Conversations
Advocate. Strategist. Connector.
Sheetal Deo leverages platforms and privilege to bridge gaps in awareness, education, and accessibility, creating safe spaces to learn, grow, and drive meaningful social change.
Whether you’re seeking a speaker for your next event, customised training for your team, or accessible legal support, Sheetal offers services grounded in expertise, compassion, and real-world impact.
Services
How Can I Help?
looking for legal Help or legal services?
Making Access To Justice Affordable
Looking for a speaker for your next event?
Inspire Action Through Insight
curious about social justice & how to do more?
Safe Spaces To Learn, Heal & Grow
about Sheetal
With over 15 years of experience across Canada and Australia, Sheetal has a proven track record of influencing change through transformative and inclusive leadership.
From boardrooms to community forums, Sheetal brings an intersectional lens to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility – proving that bridging the gap between awareness and action requires unlearning, re-learning, kindness and compassion.
Services
Want to work with me?
Speaking Engagements
Keynotes, Panels & Master of Ceremonies
Sheetal delivers powerful presentations on diversity, equity and inclusion, intersectionality, privilege, LGBTIQA+ inclusion and allyship, access to justice, mental health and wellbeing, and the South Asian diaspora. Her signature topics include leveraging your strengths and values for social change (using her own bespoke model).
What To Expect:
- Engaging, thought-provoking content that challenges and inspires
- Practical, actionable strategies for fostering inclusivity
- A speaker who creates “comfortable with the uncomfortable” discussions
- Content tailored to your organisation’s values, goals and needs
Corporate Training & Facilitation
Customised Workshops For Your Team
Through The Diversity Collective and as an independent consultant, Sheetal provides bespoke training sessions facilitated by community members with relevant lived experience. She is a preferred supplier for Diversity Council Australia (race and anti-racism training) and works with Elevate Consulting Partners (Respect@Work training).
What To Expect:
- Training grounded in lived experience and authentic storytelling
- Safe, inclusive learning environments
- Remuneration for community facilitators’ lived expertise
- Customised content aligned with your organisational needs
Shakti Legal Solutions
Making Access To Justice Affordable
Legal help shouldn’t be out of reach. Shakti Legal Solutions was created specifically to bridge the justice gap – offering everyday people access to quality legal assistance through an innovative “pay what you can” model. Whether you need a will, conveyancing support, or just aren’t sure where to start, Shakti offers fixed fees and sliding scale payment options, with professional fees as low as $50 for eligible clients.
What to Expect:
- A legal triage consultation to understand your situation and needs
- Remote appointments for your convenience – no need to travel
- Flexible payment options designed around what you can afford
- Compassionate, judgment-free legal guidance when you need it most
Experience
What Sheetal can Bring to your event or organisation?
1. Award-Winning Expertise
Recognised nationally and internationally for her contributions to diversity, inclusion, and access to justice – including the 2024 CEO’s Award from the Multicultural Professional Network, the 2023 Smokeball Community Hero Award, and the 2022 Multicultural Queensland Award for Outstanding Contribution by a New Queenslander.
2. Proven Impact At Scale
From managing a $4 million budget for the RISE diversity and inclusion project across 25 Australian organisations to serving as a Council Member of Queensland Law Society, Sheetal drives meaningful change across corporate, government, and not-for-profit sectors.
3. Intersectional & Inclusive
Sheetal’s work is grounded in intersectionality, recognising that diversity, inclusion, equity and accessibility issues may not be our fault as individuals, but it is our responsibility as a society. She’s a keen believer in “calling in,” not “calling out,” and creating safe and comfortable spaces to ask and learn about otherwise uncomfortable topics.
4. Authentic Connection & Lived Experience
As a woman of colour, LGBTIQA+ advocate, and member of the South Asian diaspora with Fijian-Indian Girmitiya heritage, Sheetal brings authentic lived experience to every conversation. Her vulnerability, candor, and ability to build trust create spaces where people feel safe to bring their authentic selves forward.
Testimonials
Trusted By Leaders Across Sectors
“Sheetal is a change agent, facilitator, curator and incredibly astute professional. She is a natural connector – bringing together people, concepts and resources to elevate ideas, opportunities and initiatives to their highest level of impact. Humble, insightful, progressive and intelligent, she is driven by a passion for her profession and its cornerstones of fairness and justice – and works tirelessly to ensure these are real and accessible for all.”
— Hayley Angell, Senior Manager (DEI), Chartered Accountants Australia New Zealand
“Sheetal brings candour, authenticity and excellent communication skills to the stage. The vulnerability in the personal stories that were shared by attendees speaks to her abilities of building trust and creating spaces where people feel comfortable and safe to bring their authentic selves forward. She provided some valuable insights for leaders and staff and actionable advice/tips that resonated with the values of the organisation. I would highly recommend her!”
— Janhavi Kale, Automation Engineer & Co-Founder of Pride in Power, Powerlink Queensland
“Sheetal somehow unpacks heavy topics (systemic oppression, racism… today the descriptor ‘supremacist’ came up) with grace and good humour. Her approach uncovers the work that can be done to dismantle barriers, and who is best placed to do it. …if you haven’t had Sheetal deliver training in your workplace, I recommend you remedy that immediately. Her ability to educate on the topic of privilege is second to none. You could have heard a pin drop in her session today.”
— Frances Dunn, Special Counsel, HIVE Legal
Trusted Across all Sectors
Organisations Sheetal Has Worked With
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Let’s have a conversation. Whether you’re looking for a speaker, training for your team, legal support, or just want to explore how Sheetal can help, book a consultation and let’s figure it out together.
