Born and raised in India, Fatima is an engineer-turned-policy professional with over four years of experience working in leading private and public sector organisations. Prior to Princeton, she worked as a Data Science Lead at the Development Monitoring & Evaluation Office, NITI Aayog, Government of India. Growing up in a family of engineers, she naturally gravitated towards mathematics and science in school, and gradually developed an interest in technology and data. Fatima started her career with core technology roles at Deloitte and Mercedes-Benz, but quickly realised her strong desire to make a difference in people's lives. She is particularly interested in the use of emerging technology and data to inform evidence-based policymaking in the field of climate change and digital empowerment. Fatima interned this summer in the Sustainable Socioeconomic Transformation Section of the Social Development Division at the U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in Bangkok. Outside of work, Fatima enjoys traveling, cooking, and reading, but painting has always been her comfort place.