Hekmat Aboukhater is the Director of Young Voices Debates series. Previously, Hekmat worked as a researcher with the Quincy Institute’s Democratizing Foreign Policy program. Prior to joining Young Voices, Hekmat worked with the United Nations Department of Peacebuilding and Political Affairs. Hekmat completed a BA in International Relations and Economics at Boston College and is now pursuing a Masters degree in Public Policy at Yale’s Jackson School of Global Affairs.