Name: Maymun Abdi

Recipient Year: 2025

Congressional Office: Rep. Ilhan Omar

Description: Maymun Abdi is pursuing a Master of Arts in International Relations, with a focus on addressing the layered challenges of global inequality through evidence-based policymaking. Her career interests lie at the intersection of policy analysis, research, and community advocacy. Staying closely connected to those most impacted, she is especially passionate about using real experiences to highlight the human impact of policy issues, including the affordable housing crisis, economic inequality, immigration policy, and other pressing social justice issues. She is committed to identifying gaps in our understanding of these policies and helping shape public policy reforms that are grounded in both data and lived reality. Her goal is to build on her interdisciplinary understanding of the international legal system to explore how it can intersect with public service work in the U.S., especially in ways that support displaced and vulnerable communities.

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maymunabdi/