Name: Wafa Jawad

Recipient Year: 2018

Congressional Office: Senator Elizabeth Warren (MA)

Description: Wafa Jawad graduated from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts majoring in Government and minoring in Middle East Studies. Wafa was also the transfer senator with the Smith College Student Government Association and publicity chair for Al-Iman. Wafa was also a volunteer with Amnesty International, serving as a Student Activist Coordinator and was also the president of her past college’s Amnesty International group, where she worked with her local elected officials to organize a town hall discussion about President Trump’s “Muslim Ban”. In the future, Wafa hopes to expand on her research and pursue a future in foreign policy and international relations, perhaps even running for public office.