Shrijana Khanal was a senior project coordinator with the Center for Sustainable Development in the Global Economy and Development program at Brookings. She is a recent graduate from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), where she completed her bachelor’s degree in economics (Honors). While at UMBC, Shrijana co-founded TEDxUMBC, which focused on sharing community stories through the TED platform, and was a member of the Sondheim Public Affairs Scholars Program. Shrijana is passionate about creating positive social impact, especially for gender equality, through pragmatic avenues such as design, data and research.