She is an award-winning author of five novels and a journalist who was based in the Middle East, Africa and Russia. She founded two nonprofits, the Afghan Women’s Writing Project and the Camel Book Drive. Previously, she was Vice President of Communications for Concern Worldwide and Director of Communications and Public Diplomacy for the U.S. Embassy in Kabul Afghanistan. She has been awarded literary fellowships at Yaddo, MacDowell, Dora Maar Brown Foundation Fellows Program, and others.
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Feb 20 2025 Grantee Impact Story How an Incubator Is Turning American Ingenuity Into Impact The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator provides pilot funding, mentorship, market access, networking, and more to entrepreneurs using innovation to help communities.
Feb 04 2025 Grantee Impact Story A Big Bets Fellow Turns a Seaweed Challenge into a Resource Opportunity A Big Bets fellow helps lead efforts in the Dominican Republic to harvest harmful seaweed through a collaboration with fishing communities, and pass it on to industries that use it.
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Nov 14 2024 Grantee Impact Story Transformative Initiatives To Add Nature to the Balance Sheet A look at what it means to add nature to a corporate ledger, and how The Rockefeller Foundation fellows are helping create this systems change.
Nov 14 2024 Grantee Impact Story The Race to Replace Coal An innovative financing tool is being used to try to retire a coal plant in the Philippines a decade earlier than currently scheduled.