Complex sentence: Zerbanoo is seen as a pioneer for the Asian community in national politics--she chaired the commission "Looking into Ethnic Minority Involvement in British Life" and was a member of the advisory group on race relations to the then British Home Secretary, Jack Straw.
Split into simpler sentences: Zerbanoo is seen as a pioneer for the Asian community in national politics. She chaired the commission "Looking into Ethnic Minority Involvement in British Life" and was a member of the advisory group on race relations to the then British Home Secretary, Jack Straw.