NAHIL SHARKASI

TRUSTEE

Nahil Sharkasi is a Libyan-American technologist focused on digital identities and the intersections of technology and empowerment. As a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft, Nahil has developed devices like Kinect and Hololens that seek to bridge the gap between humans and the digital world.  As a mentor and facilitator with Young Women Empowered, Nahil runs coding workshops that introduce young Muslim women, and other women of color from across the Puget Sound area to computer science fundamentals and career opportunities in the tech industry.  Nahil holds an M.F.A. from the University of Southern California and a B.A. in Journalism from University of Maryland.