Khadija Mohamud, MALD

Khadija Mohamud is the proud daughter of Somali immigrants, born and raised in the Washington DC metro area. She previously served as a volunteer intern for The Person Center in which she is passionate about educating service providers working with the African immigrant and refugee community on cultural humility and trauma-informed approaches to care. Khadija holds a Bachelors in Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and a Masters of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from Tufts University’s Fletcher School. She is a 2016 Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellow and currently works as a Foreign Service Officer for the US Department of State. Khadija is committed to supporting Black-led community-based organizations seeking to raise awareness to the continuum of violence African immigrant and refugee women and children face as they navigate third-country resettlement. She previously served as a volunteer member of TPC’s board of directors.