Nadia Naviwala

Biography

Nadia is a senior advisor to The Citizens Foundation (TCF). She is also a nonresident fellow with the Wilson Center in Washington, DC. She is the author of "Why Can't Pakistani Children Read: The Inside Story on Education Reforms Gone Wrong," as well as several articles and opinion pieces about public education reforms and financing in Pakistan.

Nadia moved to Islamabad in 2012 as Pakistan Country Representative for the United States Institute of Peace. At USIP, she started the Peace Innovations Fund to give small, flexible support to social startups. Prior, she served as a Pakistan Desk Officer at USAID and a National Security Aide in the U.S. Senate.

Nadia holds a Masters in Public Policy degree from Harvard Kennedy School. She holds a B.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University. She has written for the New York Times, Foreign Policy, NPR, Devex, and Dawn, and her work has been cited in the Economist.