Miss Bah was one of the 100 chosen from among 4588 applicants around the world to attend the 33Sixty Commonwealth Young Leaders Programme in Glasgow, Scotland, last month where she was New Zealand's representative.
She will be sharing her refugee experience on Wednesday, telling other young refugees that it is not impossible to overcome obstacles and succeed in New Zealand.
"Refugee success stories are not told often enough," she said. "We're not seeing it, so we don't think that it's happening, but if you see somebody else do it, it kind of gives you hope that you can do it too."
Miss Bah is one of the speakers at the "Don't fence me in!" refugee forum taking place at AUT on June 1.
At the forum, AUT professor of diversity Edwina Pio will promote getting New Zealanders to "adopt" refugee families.
"Imagine if a few families get together across the country and adopt every single refugee family ... to mutually share their experience, skills, joys and sorrows," said Professor Pio. "This then is the preparation needed to transition refugees to cross that nebulous territory of 'no man's land' to jump over the fence."
Race Relations Commissioner Susan Devoy said refugees came here for protection and a chance at a second life.
"New Zealanders are doing a good job resettling refugees in our country," Dame Susan said. "The generosity from everyday people and families is overwhelming, but as we all know as time goes on, generosity can wear thin.
"So we need to understand that we are in this for the long haul and consistently support refugees to become Kiwis."
