Introduction - Kamilah Elmarsafawi

 My name is Kamilah Elmarsafawi, and I am a staff member for the Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW). I am a freshman and first year for the BMUN class of 72, I use she/her pronouns. I am an intended philosophy major, and along with BMUN I am volunteering for Berkeley’s Queer Alliance and Resource Center (QARC), and a part of Cal YDSA (democratic socialist association). A fun fact about me is that roughly 25% of my current possessions were obtained randomly — found on the street, “borrowed” from friends, or picked up from walking down Sproul. I look forward to meeting everyone at BMUN!! Feel free to reach out, I am down to discuss all things philosophy, gender, sexuality, and just love getting to know people!

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