A Georgetown University Qatar student named Khansa Maria just made history by becoming the first woman with a disability in her entire country to win a Rhodes Trust Scholarship.
The high-achieving Lahore, Pakistan, native is one of just 27 Rhodes Scholars to ever come out of her university. She will be pursuing her master’s degree at Oxford University next fall. As someone who was born blind, Khansa is ready to use her scholarship to make waves in the disability rights movement.
Though she is still an undergraduate, Khansa has already made giant strides as a disability rights advocate in her role at the U.S. Embassy in Qatar. She has organized and spoken at multiple conferences focused on inclusive policy creation.