Elaheh Khazi is a senior at Columbia College, majoring in History and Middle Eastern Studies (MESAAS) and minoring in Religion. Her research interests are focused on migration, the Middle East, Afghanistan, and post-Cold War geopolitics. She is a Laidlaw Scholar, Mellon Mays Fellow, International Affairs – CC Summer Research Fellow, and IRCPL Fellow at Columbia University. Her goal is to bring the Afghan American story into academia, which is the goal of her larger project, “Reclaiming Our Narrative,” that she is working on through various grants. At Columbia, she is involved with multiple clubs, including ColumbiaVotes and the Afghan Student Alliance, as well as publications, including The Spectator, Columbia Journal of History, and Columbia Political Review. After graduation, she plans to join a PhD program in History and gain admission to law school to not only learn and teach the real history of Afghans/Afghan Americans but also do advocacy work through policy work and immigration justice.