​I am the co-founder and co-chair of the Alliance for the Education of Women in Afghanistan (AEWA), a global coalition of more than 115 organizations working to safeguard and expand educational opportunities for Afghan women and girls. Through AEWA, I have convened universities and partners worldwide, launched collaborative academic programs, and built networks of solidarity that sustain women’s right to learn in exile and crisis contexts.

Over the past two decades, my professional journey has taken me across conflict-affected and transitional contexts in Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Latin America. I have held faculty and senior leadership roles at institutions including the UN-mandated University for Peace in Costa Rica, and I currently serve as a Visiting Fellow at Stanford University’s Center for South Asia.

My academic and diplomatic interests converge around education as peacebuilding, gender justice, and South–South cooperation. I continue to advise multilateral institutions, governments, and universities on strategic planning, higher-education innovation, and inclusive governance, guided by a belief in education as a bridge between nations and as a foundation for sustainable peace.