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Humera Khan does not do things by halves. Following her grandfather’s advice that “education can never be taken away,” she earned four degrees from MIT: a bachelor’s degree in art and design, a bachelor’s and a master’s in nuclear engineering, and a master’s in technology and policy.
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Likewise, in dedicating herself to detecting and preventing terrorism and violent extremism, Khan is all in. She served until the beginning of this year as strategic advisor to the Assistant Secretary General of the U.N. Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate.