M.A. in Political Science and Graduate Certificate in Strategic Communication from the University of Colorado Denver. Arabic ⇄ English interpreter and translator with higher-education administration, legislative policy, and project-management experience.
Political science and international studies professional with an M.A. in Political Science and a Graduate Certificate in Strategic Communication from the University of Colorado Denver. Over a decade of Arabic ⇄ English interpretation experience in medical, legal, and community settings; higher-education administration and student mentorship; legislative policy work at the Colorado Capitol; and project-management training across Scrum, Lean, and Six Sigma.
Read the full bioMaster's thesis examining how U.S. foreign policy choices under the Bush and Obama administrations reinforced sectarian identities in Iraq and contributed to sustained instability in the post-invasion period.
Analyzes the contest between nationalist and sectarian identities in Iraq following the 2003 U.S. invasion, and the political forces that shaped which identity prevailed in different regions and moments.
Executive summary surveying pressing challenges facing contemporary U.S. foreign policy and proposing pragmatic solutions grounded in comparative and regional evidence.
Document translation, live consecutive and simultaneous interpretation, and bilingual editing — with a specialization in political, legal, and government material.