Mentorship That Spans Hemispheres
When Aya Aljamili came to the U.S., she was surprised by the amount of guidance she needed in navigating daily life.
Aya Aljamili grew up in Aleppo, Syria. After participating in the first student protests at the University of Aleppo in 2011, she worked on Syrian aid for an international-development organization in Turkey. Last August, she moved to Washington, D.C., to pursue a master’s in international development management at American University. Aljamili spent most of the fall semester checking Facebook for news from Syria. Before Aleppo fell to government forces in December, most of her friends and family members were still living in the city.
