Name: Sahar Momand

Recipient Year: 2013

Major: Public Policy

Description: Sahar Momand is currently pursuing her Masters of Science in Public Policy and Management at the Heinz College of Carnegie Mellon. Previous to attending graduate school, Sahar was an AmeriCorps Massachusetts Promise Fellow in Lynn, MA. Sahar was also recently elected to sit on the board of the Muslim Youth Camp. Sahar graduated from Mills College with a B.A. in International Relations. While in college she participated in the Mills College Model Arab League and Model United National team and was the President of the Mills College Muslim Students’ Association. In the summer of 2009, she interned at the Public Forum Institute in Washington, DC.  Sahar also participated in the 2010 Public Policy and International Affairs Fellowship Junior Summer Institute at Princeton, which was the stepping stone to pursuing her Master degree in Public Policy.UPDATESahar graduated in 2015 and is a manager at Playworks Americorps Program.

School Name: Carnegie Mellon Heinz School of Public Policy

Sponsor: Muslim Community Association of the Bay Area (MCA) Scholarship

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sahar-momand-455b092b/