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| − | <span id="docs-internal-guid-32924b10-e557-642b-c4a3-e9d3c635c12a"><span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saba Nafees is currently pursuing a PhD with research focused in mathematical biology at Texas Tech University. She graduated in May of 2014 with a Bachelor's in Mathematics with Highest Honors. As an undergraduate, she conducted research with Dr. Sean Rice, a theoretical evolutionary biologist, through the TTU Howard Hughes Medical Institute Program. In her undergrad, she founded multiple student organizations such as the first ever </span>[http://mashable.com/2015/10/15/define-american-college-chapters/#ZJAoAXCtlEq7 <span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 127, 204); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Define American chapter</span>] <span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">inspired by Jose Antonio Vargas to encourage </span>[https://www.depts.ttu.edu/artsandsciences/news/student-profile-SabaNafeesMSNBC.php <span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">DACAmented youth</span>] <span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">in West Texas. Through her civic engagement activities, she has spoken at the </span>[http://tedx.ttu.edu/saba-nafees.php <span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TEDx stage</span>]<span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, has served as an </span>[https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/09/18/whiaapi-announces-its-2014-2015-e3-ambassadors <span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">E3! Ambassador</span>] <span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for the White House Initiative on Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders, has spoken as a </span>[http://sites.ed.gov/aapi/white-house-summit/presenter-biographies/#Nafees <span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">panelist</span>] <span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">at the WHIAAPI Summit in Washington D.C., has appeared twice on </span>[http://www.msnbc.com/jos--d-az-balart/watch/-this-is-where-my-american-journey-has-led--498883139606 <span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">MSNBC</span>] <span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Live, and has led an unforgettable journey as a </span>[http://dreamriders.us/meet-the-dream-riders/ <span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dream Rider</span>] <span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">tour with fellow young minority leaders throughout eastern and southern United States. She is passionate about entrepreneurship at Tech and abroad, helping lead the </span>[http://doubletimettu.org/ <span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Texas Tech Innovation Mentorship & Entrepreneurship</span>] <span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">program and implementing a business plan for | + | <span id="docs-internal-guid-32924b10-e557-642b-c4a3-e9d3c635c12a"><span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saba Nafees is currently pursuing a PhD with research focused in mathematical biology at Texas Tech University. She graduated in May of 2014 with a Bachelor's in Mathematics with Highest Honors. As an undergraduate, she conducted research with Dr. Sean Rice, a theoretical evolutionary biologist, through the TTU Howard Hughes Medical Institute Program. In her undergrad, she founded multiple student organizations such as the first ever </span>[http://mashable.com/2015/10/15/define-american-college-chapters/#ZJAoAXCtlEq7 <span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 127, 204); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Define American chapter</span>] <span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">inspired by Jose Antonio Vargas to encourage </span>[https://www.depts.ttu.edu/artsandsciences/news/student-profile-SabaNafeesMSNBC.php <span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">DACAmented youth</span>] <span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">in West Texas. Through her civic engagement activities, she has spoken at the </span>[http://tedx.ttu.edu/saba-nafees.php <span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TEDx stage</span>]<span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, has served as an </span>[https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/09/18/whiaapi-announces-its-2014-2015-e3-ambassadors <span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">E3! Ambassador</span>] <span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for the White House Initiative on Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders, has spoken as a </span>[http://sites.ed.gov/aapi/white-house-summit/presenter-biographies/#Nafees <span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">panelist</span>] <span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">at the WHIAAPI Summit in Washington D.C., has appeared twice on </span>[http://www.msnbc.com/jos--d-az-balart/watch/-this-is-where-my-american-journey-has-led--498883139606 <span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">MSNBC</span>] <span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Live, and has led an unforgettable journey as a </span>[http://dreamriders.us/meet-the-dream-riders/ <span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dream Rider</span>] <span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">tour with fellow young minority leaders throughout eastern and southern United States. She is passionate about entrepreneurship at Tech and abroad, helping lead the </span>[http://doubletimettu.org/ <span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Texas Tech Innovation Mentorship & Entrepreneurship</span>] <span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">program and implementing a business plan for </span>[http://today.ttu.edu/posts/2015/07/texas-tech-wins-tibetan-innovation-challenge <span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 127, 204); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tibetan refugees in India and Nepal</span>]<span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. During the past school year, she served as the </span>[http://www.asgaonline.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=391ed1a1fcf049b99594f6de273d969a&nm=contact+us%2Fmedia&type=media&mod=media+manager&mid=e7ee56e0a53445cdaa30e8b9b00efb34&tier=3&rid=37498B1A2D904E37896B621A16C54C83 <span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SGA VP</span>] <span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for Graduate Affairs at TTU and continues to </span>[http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/one-young-world/future-leaders-have-their-own-stories-to-tell-30671171.html <span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">serve</span>] <span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">as a </span>[https://www.oneyoungworld.com/news/meet-ambassador-who-helping-tibetan-people-settlements-india-and-nepal <span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 127, 204); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One Young World Ambassador</span>]<span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></span> |
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Revision as of 03:52, 21 October 2016
Saba Nafees is currently pursuing a PhD with research focused in mathematical biology at Texas Tech University. She graduated in May of 2014 with a Bachelor's in Mathematics with Highest Honors. As an undergraduate, she conducted research with Dr. Sean Rice, a theoretical evolutionary biologist, through the TTU Howard Hughes Medical Institute Program. In her undergrad, she founded multiple student organizations such as the first ever Define American chapter inspired by Jose Antonio Vargas to encourage DACAmented youth in West Texas. Through her civic engagement activities, she has spoken at the TEDx stage, has served as an E3! Ambassador for the White House Initiative on Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders, has spoken as a panelist at the WHIAAPI Summit in Washington D.C., has appeared twice on MSNBC Live, and has led an unforgettable journey as a Dream Rider tour with fellow young minority leaders throughout eastern and southern United States. She is passionate about entrepreneurship at Tech and abroad, helping lead the Texas Tech Innovation Mentorship & Entrepreneurship program and implementing a business plan for Tibetan refugees in India and Nepal. During the past school year, she served as the SGA VP for Graduate Affairs at TTU and continues to serve as a One Young World Ambassador.
