2024 David Gergen Summer Fellows
2024 Gergen Summer Fellow
United States Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
Afreen is a Master in Public Policy candidate at Harvard Kennedy School. She is studying labor policy with an interest in expanding protective legislation for non-formal workers. Her interest in the topic stems from her upbringing in Chicago, where she grew up in an immigrant and refugee community that relied heavily on gig work to make a living, and then from the four years she spent in the UAE working with McKinsey on creating quality job opportunities and strengthening institutional labor codes. Through the Gergen Summer Fellowship, she is working with the U.S. Department of Labor over the summer on projects to strengthen national-level worker protections.
2024 Gergen Summer Fellow
City of Detroit, Office of the Mayor and Office of the Chief Financial Officer