Yasmeen Nekoo

Yasmeen shares her passion for the environment. She is a recent Cum Laude/Dean's list graduate from the University of Maryland in environmental science and policy and is beginning her master's at Columbia University for Climate Studies in the fall. As a teenager, she was diagnosed with serious spinal disease that eventually required surgery, involving a difficult recovery and rehabilitation. Her story is one of sheer will and determination conquering adversity and then reaching success.

 

Visit her website at: https://www.yasmeen-nekoo.com/