Kim Huynh is a Vietnamese boatperson who came to Australia with his family in 1979. He has taught refugee politics and political philosophy at the Australian National University for over two decades. Kim has researched Australian and US politics, along with political theory and gender. He authored a commercially and academically successful book about his parents and the Vietnam War entitled Where the Sea Takes Us, as well as short stories and essays on art and culture. Kim is also an Australian Broadcasting Corporation presenter and producer and has run as an independent candidate in local and federal elections. In all these roles and activities, he has sought to advance diversity, democracy and understanding, while continuing to be a boatperson.