Jui Shrestha is an alumna of Waterford Kamhlaba UWC of Southern Africa (2000-2002). She is a public policy professional based in Kathmandu, Nepal. She works as a consultant for international organisations like UNICEF, UNFPA and the World Bank and private firms like D3 Systems. She has worked on projects generating data and evidence for policymaking for poverty reduction, creating shock-responsive social protection programs and disaster response. She also supports government offices in modernising their statistical processes and systems.

Before moving back home in 2015, she worked at a think tank in California on their public opinion research projects. She has volunteered with alumni organisations of the schools and colleges that she has attended for fundraising and developing policies that create a safe and welcoming environment for all. She enjoys reading, meeting up with her friends and cousins, catching up with her niece and nephew and watching tennis and cricket with her father. She has an MPA from the University of Connecticut and a BA in Urban Studies and Government from Colby College.