Name: Yasamine Durali

Recipient Year: 2019

Congressional Office: Rep. Dan Kildee (MI-5)

Description: Yasamine is a graduate of UCLA, majoring in Political Economy and minoring in Human Rights and Public Policy. As the Chapter Director for UC Berkeley’s branch of Generation Citizen, she oversaw Democracy Coaches and led grassroots advocacy workshops for students working on local community projects. She interned at MPAC, working on projects involving the family separation crisis and Trump’s Muslim Ban. Yasamine enjoys integrating her quantitative and technological experience with her passions for law, policy, education, and government and hopes to attend law school in the future. Yasamine envisions a future for herself advocating for underprivileged minority groups and women of color as a lawyer.

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yasamine-durali/