Aya Aghabi

Aya Aghabi graduated from UC Berkeley in 2013 with a BA in Development Studies. Aya is interested in work related to social and community development. During her time at Berkeley, Aya interned with several different organizations. In 2012, Aya interned with the World Bank’s Middle East and North Africa office in their Sustainable Development department researching and reporting on urban development issues in Libya after the Arab Spring. In 2013, she interned with Save the Children in Amman, Jordan, assisting in enrolling Syrian refugees in the “Education For All” program. In addition, she interned with Happold Consulting providing research and analysis regarding poverty in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to aid in their design and implementation of the “Future Riyadh” project.mIn January 2014, Aya interned with the CareerACCESS core team and is now their Policy Analyst.