📍25 countries and counting Born and raised in DTX 🤠 Ethiopian-American 🇪🇹 Proud Black Hijabi Muslim🧕🏾 Actress in the making 🎭 📚 BA New York University: Psychology and Pre-Law 📚MA New York University: Social Work 📚Harvard Business School: Emerging Leader Program Founder and CEO of @linaandco.hijab Gender Justice Activist: @wearemalikah☮️ Social Change Maker in Racial Injustice✊🏾 Inner-City Educator in the Bronx📕 NYFW Photographer📸 🏆Founder of Abu Dhabi Refugee Awareness Week sponsored by the UN 🏆Recipient of PeaceCorps, AmeriCorps, and Fulbright 🏆Certified Paralegal and Self Defense Instructor 🏆Writer, Educator, Entrepreneur, Mental Health Advocater, and Social Justice Activist 🏆Relief aid work in Empowerment and Vocational training for refugee women in Greece, Lebanon, and Turkey 🏆I currently work on several platforms in order to fight against Anti-Blackness within the USA and the MENA region by facilitating Healing Justice Spaces for Black womxn, Grant Writing for NGOs, and Planning and Organizing Events 🏆Featured on various podcasts and you can find my writing on MALA, National Geographic, America Inside Out w/ Katie Couric, Minaazine, AAANY, ACCESS, NPR, AJ+, PBS