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Anouska is a powerhouse for change management, strategy, and equity work. She joined YW Boston in 2020 after working almost 2 decades in higher education. She is currently the Vice President for Programs.

Anouska was the director of Harvard’s international program, managing incoming students’ immigration status, funding and curriculum development against a backdrop of increasing state violence and xenophobia. She assisted in the overhaul of the university’s core curriculum, and organized faculty protests at the decision to end DACA in 2017. She was also heavily involved in the University of Pennsylvania’s MSTP: a program designed to diversify the physician-scientist community in Philadelphia and beyond.

Anouska describes her role at YW as an orchestra conductor: connecting each program team into the melody of the organization’s mission. She engages a wide audience through speaking engagements (and fantastic fashion), as well as thought leadership on the modern workforce, technology, intersectionality, and crafting a narrative. She has a Ph.D. from Harvard’s History of Science department, and an M.Phil and B.A. (Hons) from Cambridge University in the UK.

Outside of YW Boston, Anouska is a keen dancer, an avid plant propagator, a mom to two cats, and a karaoke legend.