Fatima Shamim ’25

Fatima Shamim
Fatima is a junior majoring in Economics.

In the summer of 2023, she completed an Anchor Point internship with the Women’s Microfinance Initiative in Buyobo, Uganda, where she compiled interviews and surveys into videos and a factbook documenting the growth and development of microloan recipients and their communities. On campus, Fatima is a proud co-founder of the Non-Traditional Student Network to provide academic & social support for non-traditional students like herself as a community college transfer student. She is a native Urdu speaker and is developing proficiency in French. She works at the Office of Admissions as a Belonging & Equity Liaison and is involved with W4UNICEF, Al-Muslimat, Pakistani Students Association & the Blue Notes. Upon graduation, Fatima hopes to find sustainable solutions for the multi-dimensional challenge of poverty alleviation in the developing world.