Project Associate, CSEW, AAAS
Niya Ahmed supports the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) as a Project Associate in the Center for STEMM Education & Workforce (CSEW). She provides logistical and administrative coordination on programs that aim to expand opportunities, access and resources to emerging STEMM students of marginalized identities.
Prior to joining AAAS, Niya fostered a career orchestrating partnership programs between stakeholder entities and under-resourced schools and student groups, nation-wide. Niya leverages her experience in Project & Operations Management as well as her Bachelors in Marketing and Management from the University of Maryland, College Park to further her career efforts.
In her community, Niya co-facilitates DMVBarters, a bartering collective that works to amplify & mobilize community members to bridge the gaps of access for each other, as a practice of mutual aid.