Kusum Bhatta (she/her) is a Ph.D. student in the School of Social Work at McMaster University. Kusum has been an educator since 2010 and has a decade-long experience working in different settings and contexts: school, university and language centers. She is currently a teaching assistant at McMaster University and an instructor at Komon and NAME Institute.

She has her Master's in Gender Studies and Feminist Research from McMaster University and a Bachelor of Arts in Social Work (BASW) from St. Xavier's college in Nepal. She represents the Department of Social Sciences in the senate as a student representative at McMaster University. She is also working as a governing council member of the Hamilton Centre For Civic Inclusion (HCCI), a non-profit organization in Hamilton. Her research, practice experience, and advocacy have been in recognition, equity and social justice for ageing women of colour and LGBTQ+ individuals, specifically from South Asia, who continue to face gender-based violence, occupational segregation, and racism.