Maysa is a recognized leader in international development and philanthropy. She is deeply committed to supporting the most vulnerable people in the world through her expertise in education, jobs and technology. A true industry veteran, Maysa has over 25 years of experience in building effective organizations, initiatives and innovative partnerships in Canada, the Middle East and in developing nations.
As a visiting scholar at Arizona State University and MIT Open Learning, she is exploring how two of the world’s most committed academic institutions could revolutionize education to better serve the most vulnerable people around the world. She is co-founder and host of the Impact Room, a podcast with an aim to inspire, educate and connect people striving to solve some of the world’s greatest sustainable development challenges.
Maysa is the host of the Impact Room, a podcast she produces in partnership with Philanthropy Age. The Impact Room features the people and ideas that are tackling some of the biggest challenges the world is facing by innovating, addressing system level change and designing for scale. Our aim is to educate, empower and connect people and organizations that can contribute.
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Latest Publications
Globally, education is in crisis, with steep inequities, low learning outcomes, irrelevant content, and ineffective learning and teaching strategies in many settings. The global education cris[...]
Theirworld was part of a mission to Moldova to gain a better insight into the unfolding Ukrainian refugee crisis and find ways to ensure every affected child has access to education and psycho[...]
Over 3.5 million people—half of them children—have fled Ukraine to neighboring countries over the past several weeks. The consequences for Ukrainian refugee children are devastating. They[...]
The war on Ukraine is a stark reminder to the Western world that displacement is not the exclusive fate of people from the Global South. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHC[...]
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This yr, #GivingTuesday2022 is predicted to raise over $3B in the US alone well exceeding 2022’s $2.7B. Outside of the US 80 countries now participate in #GivingTuesday. A big missed opportunity for charities based in countries that don’t participate
Read More@johnjosephryan Logic shall prevail, Inshallah 😊
Read MoreMore scholarships like this 👏👏 #refugees
Read MoreCannot imagine this happening. Not at all in step with the urgency to recruit foreign talent - #universities being one of the best ways to attract foreign talent. Several countries would benefit by offering seats and scholarships to international students https://t.co/RTFbIk8XTa
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RT @mearajack: Kicking off 16 days of activism to end gender based violence in all its forms. #EndGBV #16DaysofActivism https://t.co/cnvA8z…
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Inspiring example from an African nation betting it’s future on #education
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RT @BrookingsGlobal: For the refugee education sector to address some of its greatest tensions effectively, refugees themselves must play a…
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