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I used to have a somewhat romantic idea of policymaking, believing top-down policy would create the most dramatic changes. I’ve always felt that…

“I was curious about social issues from an early age, long wondering why some people had so little while others have a lot more. I am a first…

“When 9/11 happened, I was just a kid. It was a shocking moment for all of America, making us question who we think we are as a people, what we want…

“As I was leaving my South Sudan office, I heard gunshots. It was on the eve of the war in 2016, and I was working for the @worldfoodprogramme,…

“In a weird way, protesting against the School has actually brought me closer to it. I was a student activist in the ‘Change WWS’ effort, joining…

“When I was 16, I participated in a camp called Seeds of Peace. It convened students from Israel, Palestine, Pakistan, India, Egypt, Jordan, the U.K…

“While I was posted to U.S. Embassy Kuala Lumpur, working for the U.S. Foreign Service, my portfolio covered Malaysia’s domestic #politics. In 2018,…

“When I was working for the @icrc in Greece with asylum-seekers, we would often bring them calling cards or phones with international calling…

"I grew up in a poor immigrant family in the Lower East Side of NYC. It was difficult. Instead of appreciating all that my parents did and sacrificed…

“Service was always my default. Early on, I knew I wanted to work for something bigger than myself. It was innate and modeled by my parents, who run…