As the Applied Data Fellow, Mariam translates complex data into user-friendly insights, creating innovative tools and reports that inform families to make better schooling decisions and drive policy changes in Chicago public schools.

Before joining K1C, Mariam supported research at the Center for the Economics of Human Development, where she led archival work documenting over a century of early childhood education in Hyde Park to inform current policy and academic study. At the Center for Economic Research in Pakistan, she contributed to large-scale education programs by managing data for 200,000+ students and helping scale a digital teacher-support tool to thousands of users. Her work sits at the intersection of implementation, data, and policy, focusing on how public systems can adapt and improve to better serve children and families. She is driven by a strong belief that systems change is only possible when grounded in both rigorous evidence and community voice.

Mariam received her master’s degree in public policy from the University of Chicago and her undergraduate degree in Economics from the Lahore University of Management Sciences. At the University of Chicago, Mariam was named an Obama Foundation Scholar in recognition of her leadership and commitment to improving education and youth leadership.

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