Darya is a Leaders’ Quest Partner, based in New York. She has helped build Leaders’ Quest’s partnerships spanning civil society, NGOs, entrepreneurs, and corporations, and regularly leads client programmes. Darya believes that people and communities can create change, and has spent much of her life involved in Middle East reconciliation efforts. She has written for the Huffington Post, the Guardian and the Washington Post, having earned a BA in Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies from McGill University and an MA in Conflict & Security from New York’s New School for Public Engagement.