Mariam is a 1st year Master in Public Policy candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School, where she focuses on Climate Policy and Finance in the context of international development. Before HKS, she spent almost 6 years working on sustainable urban development, circular economy and climate policy and strategy projects, briefly at UN-Habitat but primarily for the German Development Cooperation (GIZ) in Tbilisi, Georgia. Outside of her job she enjoyed fostering the community of climate professionals and advocates by organizing awareness-raising events, including the first local Climate Data Visualization Contest. She serves as the Finance Co-Chair for the CLC27, focusing on fundraising.