Dr Rand Younes is a passionate dentist working to close the gap in oral care access for vulnerable children. With Palestinian background, she migrated to Australia at 11 years old with little English, and went on to become dux of her school, achieve a 99 ATAR, and rank second in the state for English.
While studying dentistry in rural NSW, Rand saw firsthand the deep inequities in healthcare. At just 17, she founded Impact Mobile Dental Services, now known as Pearly, a program that brings dental care and prevention into schools and communities that would otherwise go without.
Pearly has reached over 150,000 children and treated more than 40,000 children. Rand is now Australia’s youngest dental clinic owner and the youngest ever recipient of the global Top 100 Doctors award.
Her focus remains simple - improving lives, one child’s smile at a time, with a long-term goal to reach and empower one million smiles by 2030.