Donya Nasser

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Donya Nasser recently graduated Summa Cum Laude from St. John’s University where she studied Political Science and Women’s and Gender Studies as a McNair and Truman Scholar. She is passionate about advocating for gender equality and reproductive justice on both a domestic and international level; empowering women, youth, and minorities to become civically engaged and run for office, and contributing to Middle East policy while combating stigmas and stereotypes. She has interned for the White House Office of Legislative Affairs, the Wilson Center’s Middle East Program, and the Brennan Center for Justice. 
 
Donya served as the 2015-2016 U.S. Youth Observer to the United Nations and a Truman-Albright Fellow at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. She is currently the youngest Board Director of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the Planned Parenthood Action Fund Board, and the U.S. Youth Delegate to the Western Hemisphere Region of the International Planned Parenthood Fund. She is also a delegate to the Youth Working Group of the U.S. National Commission to UNESCO. She has previously served as a member of the Advocates for Youth Young Women of Color Leadership Council, the President of the College Democrats of New York, and  AAUW Youth Representative to the United Nations.
 
Donya is a 2016 Bustle Upstart Award Honoree, 2015 recipient of the WIN Young Women of Achievement Award in Service/Nonprofit Advocacy, and a 2014 Glamour Magazine Top 10 College Woman and L'Oréal College Woman of Worth. She has been featured on ABC, Al-Hurra, Al Jazeera, the Huffington Post, the L.A. Times, MSNBC, and Voice of America. She was named one of CDS' 2016 "30 Under 30 Leaders of Tomorrow" and Persian Tech Entrepreneurs "100 Most Influential Persian Entrepreneurs and Innovators of 2015". She is currently working as a Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow at the Truman Center for National Policy.