Hana Hamdi earned her Bachelor’s of Science in Biomedical Engineering with a minor in Women’s and Gender studies from Rutgers University, where she also received a certificate in Women’s Leadership for Social Change from the Institute of Women’s Leadership. She then earned a Master’s of Public Health in Epidemiology with a certificate in Forced Migration and Health from Columbia University, where she published her thesis on access to palliative care in Senegal in collaboration with Human Rights Watch. Her work experience includes: being a Research Analyst at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, a Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Fellow with the Global Health Corps in Uganda, an Adjunct Instructor at York College-CUNY as part of the undergraduate health sciences program, and currently a Clinic Data Analyst at Planned Parenthood. Her research interests are in understanding reproductive health access and policies in terms of their health and economic impact on women and society.