Currently, I am a Gates Scholar at the end of a PhD in International Law. I have an LLM in Natural Resources Law and Policy from the Centre for Energy Petroleum Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP), University of Dundee and completed my undergraduate education at Ahfad University for Women, Sudan.

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My commitment to international law is primarily motivated by the desire to connect international law to the people who need it the most. I believe this can only be done by ensuring that international principles reflect the lived experience of those who are often pushed to the margins. My doctoral thesis highlights boundary areas as sites of transboundary self-determination and argues for the rights of communities between borders. Especially those negatively affected by an international boundary or a territorial change they did not freely determine. With that said, I think innovative law-making is an effective decolonising tool.

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I have been privileged to pursue opportunities where I learned from local communities, worked with the highest-ranking officials in governments and was mentored by leaders of international organisations. My primary goal is to combine my professional experience and legal training to find solutions to the worlds most pressing humanitarian needs. In that process, I would like to pass it forward and share with others some of the lessons I've learned along the way.