In today’s society, humanitarian assistance has been a top priority developed countries to provide necessities to the people of the world. Crises around the globe have urged major governmental and non-governmental agencies to facilitate the health and survival of the people involved.
When a mass of aid is in transit to these dire destinations across land and sea, the tracking and accountability of these goods must be a central goal to ensure the longevity of these programs.
Here at AIDNAV®, we’ve been assigned the task of ensuring transparency of humanitarian aid delivery within conflict ridden areas, such as Somalia.
Meet the Team
Scarlett Cruz
Junior, B.S. Industrial Design
Faris Assaadi is a Junior Industrial Design Major from Mclean, Virginia. His intense devotion to product design makes him well versed in research, business, and human centered design. After university, he hopes to take on job opportunities abroad that would fit his product/furniture design profile. He placed as Honorable Mention for the 2019 JMU Innovation X Hackathon as the designer on the team SOUL SURVIVOR. Faris entered the Hacking 4 Defense class in order to challenge his design thinking abilities, and is proud to be taking on a humanitarian aid issue due to his cultural background.
Scarlett Cruz
Senior, Justice Studies - Concentration in Global Justice and Policy
Scarlett Cruz is a Senior Justice Studies from Arlington, VA, who has dedicated her studies towards understanding the complexities of the justice through a global lense. She is passionate about issues pertaining to Global Justice, specifically Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide. After graduation, Scarlett plans on taking time off after graduation to gain professional experience and continue to build her interpersonal skills, with the intention of applying for Law schools in the future. She plans on focusing on International/Human Rights law. Scarlett joined the Hacking 4 Defense course this semester with the goal of channeling her drive for taking on challenges and complex issues that lack a clear solution.
IRIS SANDI
B.S. Industrial Design, Junior
Iris Sandi is a Junior pursuing her B.S in Industrial Design with a minor in Art at James Madison University. After graduation, she hopes to work in product design and development, and eventually start her own business. Iris is passionate about design as well as social and global issues. Her interests allow her to contribute skills in the design research process that she has dedicated her studies on. She is an avid learner, and by taking the Hacking for Defense course at JMU she hopes gain experience in working with complex real world issues as well as working with other disciplines.
Fairoza Jaghori
Senior, International Affairs - Concentration in Middle Eastern Relations
Fairoza Jaghori is a senior International Affairs major concentrating on Middle Eastern Relations with a dual minor on economics and Middle Eastern migration. Following graduation, she wants to enter the workforce to gain professional experience with plans to pursue a graudate degree on conflict resolution in the Middle East. Fairoza is passionate about understanding the context of conflicts and disparites within these socities. Furthermore, she joined the Hacking 4 Defense course to immerse herself in a interdisciplanry group to enable humanitarian aid transparency in conflict ridden areas.
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