Urooj co-leads an amazing team at Analyst Institute that builds strategic partnerships and convenes the progressive community around research to improve tactics and strategies. Prior to joining, Urooj worked to challenge unlawful immigration detention in the United States with an aim to improve immigration policy at the national and state level. Previously, she worked with Palestinian refugees in the West Bank and asylum seekers at the US-Mexico border. Born in Multan, she's the daughter of immigrants and part of the Pakistani diaspora that has taken her family through South Asia, Europe, and now the US. Urooj loves old school desi music, Lil’ Kim, and Iron Maiden.