Aseel Elborno serves as IRUSA's Advocacy Campaign Specialist and has been in the field of civic and community engagement for over 15 years. She did her graduate studies in Political Communication at Johns Hopkins University and earned an undergraduate degree in Political Science from North Carolina State University. She spent a year in Egypt working with students from underserved communities who have aspirations of studying in the United States. Aseel also ran several programs for low-income residents that resided in affordable housing developments, including workforce solutions, food distributions and voter registration. Aseel was recognized as one of the 40 under 40 emerging leaders of Virginia by the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce for her work in community organizing. Aseel has been a long-time advocate for civil rights, refugees, affordable housing, food security, and voter empowerment. Aseel did her graduate research study at JHU on the best methods for engaging the Arab and Muslim communities in the United States in civic engagement.