Get to Know Stevens Initiative Alumni: Mariama Bah & Jamila Naboulsi

Jamila, an alum of Global Education Benchmark Group’s Sustainable Development Virtual Exchange and Mariama, an alum of Engineering World Health’s Virtual Engineering Innovation & Cultural Exchange, are both deeply passionate about environmental sustainability. However, they noticed that many climate action efforts are implemented on a global scale, which led them to wonder what would be possible if these challenges were addressed at the local level too. This thinking inspired Building Grassroots Leaders, a leadership program that empowers young people in Morocco and the U.S. to take climate action in their communities. One of their proudest moments of their Fellowship project is when they planned and successfully ran three-day bootcamps in Tangier, Morocco, and New York City, for community-focused learning and a sustainability day of service.