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Nilofer has worked with the federal government, government agencies in all 50 US states, and community leaders in cities across the US to frame and implement child and family policy. She is currently the Lead for Learning and Partnerships at the Children’s Bureau Learning and Coordination Center. There she supports the implementation of federal child and family policy. As an independent consultant she has worked on public health models for engaging communities, model sexual and reproductive policy for youth in out-of-home care; expectant and parenting youth in out-of-home care; and innovative models for urban agriculture. She has been asked to sit on over a dozen national advisory committee and boards focused on social and community change. A lifelong activist for social justice, Ahsan co-led the Indo-Pak Peace Initiative, and served in the leadership of community-based groups focused on diaspora politics, women and violence, and educational reform.