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Public Health and a Lost Future with Siham Ahmed (Payne Fellowship)

Deep Cuts by Eric Smith

Episode notes

When a Federal Agency disappears, so do the futures it was trying to build.

This episode features Siham Ahmed, a 2024 Payne Fellow who was halfway through her graduate program on public health - funded by USAID - when her scholarship and future as a Foreign Service Officer was cut short. Join me as I speak with Siham about the importance of representation, community, public health, and her hopes for a bright future.

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