Almas Sayeed

Before the Fellowship, Almas worked with the Kansas State Legislature and the state’s Child Protective Services agency developing state policy and legislation on the intersection between child maltreatment and domestic violence.  In 2003, she was a Fulbright Fellow at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, where she worked with the European Commission of Technical Assistance and a legal service organization for Palestinian women, the Women’s Center for Legal Aid and Counseling.  As an undergraduate, Almas studied at Birzeit University in the West Bank, Palestinian Occupied Territories and worked for a micro-finance organization in Bangalore, India.  A native of Wichita, Kansas, Almas graduated with her BA with honors from the University of Kansas and earned her MSc from the London School of Economics and Political Science in Economic Development.

Field placement: FoodChange

New York, New York

Policy placement: Center for American Progress

Washington, D.C.