Mohamed Mohamed, MS-GIST 2018, accepted to MPA program at the Harvard Kennedy School

Mohamed Mohamed, MS-GIST 2018, has been accepted to the MPA program at the Harvard Kennedy School. Since graduating, he has worked as an Engineering Technician on infrastructure projects.

From Mohamed: "I aspire to be an impactful development leader addressing the challenges of infrastructure in Sudan and exploring development initiatives across Africa. As an engineer, I build infrastructure: roads, 5G fiber networks, and electric utilities; the hardware of economic development. At Harvard, I will learn about the policy side of development.

My GIS master’s training at the University of Arizona helped prepare me for this path. GIS taught me to think spatially and analytically: where infrastructure is missing, how communities are connected or isolated, and how data can support better decisions. That training gave me a strong foundation for understanding development problems.

Over time, I realized that GIS is more than a technical tool. It is a way of seeing how people, places, infrastructure, and policy are connected. That perspective shaped my career and pushed me toward public leadership.

Harvard is the next step in that journey: learning how to turn technical knowledge and field experience into stronger policy, better institutions, and real impact."

Congratulations to Mohamed!