Zakariya is a Somali-American first-year MDP student. He grew up in Somalia, Kenya, and Uganda before moving to the U.S. at the age of eight years old. He received his B.A. in Political Science (Public Policy) and International Relations from Augsburg this past spring. He is passionate about educational development in Africa. As an immigrant, education has been the most formative and life-changing experience for him and he believes that everyone should have access to education.