Welcome to Brazen Careerist!

About Me

I am an accomplished, achievement-driven, and enthusiastic professional, with foreign language skills and seven years of experience in human rights, development, and international affairs; well-qualified to work for government, non-profits, and other organizations.

As a Master of Public and International Affairs, specializing in Human Security, and recently completing a fellowship with the Aspen Strategy Group, a policy program at the Aspen Institute, I am currently pursuing opportunities in research at foreign policy think tanks in Washington, DC. I also am pursuing opportunities with US Department of State, Foreign Service, USAID, United Nations, and other non-profits/organizations. I plan to pursue doctorate studies on international relations/international human rights in the near future.

Specialties

international affairs analysis, research, writing, non-profit work, community organizing, human rights activism and coordination, quantitative and qualitative methods.

Specializations: diplomacy/foreign policy, international human rights law, human rights, gender studies, development

Regional Specializations: Middle East and South Asia;

Languages: Urdu, Hindi, Arabic, Spanish, English

Work History

• Aspen Strategy Group
• Brent Scowcroft Award Fellow
• March 2010 to October 2010

• Administered and facilitated the US-India Strategic Dialogue, Summer Workshop on South Asia, and The Aspen Minister’s Forum event on Western Relations with the Muslim World; conducted research in support of the three initiatives
  Drafted correspondences, agenda proposals for conferences, and grant proposals; tracked incoming documents on database
  Attended think tank events in Washington on the Middle East and South Asia to support conference research
  Documented notes from dialogues and edited papers for the South Asia Summer Workshop policy book publication

Education

• University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
• Masters of Public and International Affairs, Human Security, International Development
• 2007 - 2009

• University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
• Bachelor of Arts, Global Studies, Political Science, Middle East and South Asian Studies
• 2002 - 2006