Ava Namazi graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and a minor in Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Studies. She was born in Tehran, Iran, and moved to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, at the age of nine. Ava attended the American School of Dubai before heading to American University in Washington, DC. She transferred to Boston University as a sophomore. Ava will begin law school in the fall at the University of San Diego.
“I loved the Elie Wiesel Center. I found great life-long mentors there and everyone was very kind and welcoming. It made me feel like I was part of a smaller community at BU and had people supporting me and advocating on my behalf. I think my minor will help me in the future as it helped grow my critical thinking skills and gave me the experience of learning about a topic and debating it while being sensitive to the victims.
The most rewarding part of the minor for me was learning about the Armenian Genocide and dedicating time to studying it. I come from an Armenian background, so I thought it was very fruitful to learn about my own history, something that I had not been able to do prior.” – Ava Namazi