Khadija Gurnah is the Director of Strategic Partnerships at the Immigration Hub. She leads the Hub’s engagement of federal advocacy partners, as well as the leadership program for rising leaders in the immigrant rights movement.

Khadija brings over 10 years of policy, field, and organizing experience, including working on immigration campaigns as a Senior Campaign Director at MomsRising, electoral work as Field Director for Color of Change PAC, and as a health equity consultant for the Head Start program, among other organizations. Khadija has a Bachelors of Arts from Dalhousie University and a Masters from Yale School of Public Health. She received the Emerging Majority Award in Health Disparities from her alma mater for her work in advancing policies that improve the health and wellbeing of immigrant children and families. Her entry into immigration advocacy came through the research she conducted and published on the challenges Black immigrant communities faced in accessing reproductive healthcare.

Khadija is a proud immigrant. She was born in Kenya, raised in Papua New Guinea, and is still adjusting to New England winters, where she has lived for the last 10 years.