Name: Wardah Khalid

Recipient Type: Scholarship Recipient

Recipient Year: 2013

School Name: Columbia University

Major: International Relations

Description: Wardah Khalid is a policy analyst, activist, and speaker on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, refugees/immigration, and Islam. She previously worked on Capitol Hill as an APAICS Congressional Fellow, and is the Founder and Board President of Poligon Education Fund, a national civic education and advocacy organization dedicated to strengthening Muslim engagement with Congress. She was previously a Security Fellow with the Truman National Security Project, an American Muslim Civic Leadership Institute Fellow, a Scoville Fellow, a 2020 AAPI National Security and a Foreign Policy Next Generation Leader by New America and Diversity in National Security Network, and a 2020 International Career Advancement Program Fellow. Wardah holds a Masters in International Affairs from Columbia University's and received a BBA and MS in Accounting from Texas A&M.

Sponsor: ISF