Salma Elsayed is a junior at Harvard College, where she is pursuing a BA in social studies and computer science with a focus on inequality in American education. She serves as a staff member for the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter, is a labor organizer with the Student Labor Action Movement, and is working to pilot the Housing Opportunities Program to provide rental assistance to low-income families in the greater Boston area. Outside of Harvard, Salma has worked on various education reform issues, including competency-based learning, school funding, and culturally responsive education with several nonprofits and policymakers in New York. Her editorials have been published in the New York Times, Seventeen, and the Harvard Crimson. When she is not organizing, you can find her watching sunsets near the Charles River or exploring Boston.