Nasrina Bargzie
Nasrina Bargzie is an Afghan-American lawyer who was an associate counsel to U.S. vice president Kamala Harris until July 2024. In the role, she was a policy advisor on Muslim, Arab, and Gaza Strip topics in addition to reproductive rights, voting, and democracy. She joined the Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign to lead its outreach to Muslim and Arab communities.
Life
[edit]Bargzie was born in Kandahar, Afghanistan.[1] Due to the Soviet–Afghan War, she lived in an active war zone for her first two years of life.[2] Her father and uncle were prisoners of war before disappearing.[2] Her family lived in Pakistan for three years as refugees.[2] In 1985, she moved to the East Bay, California with her family under the United States Refugee Admissions Program.[1][2] Bargzie has six sisters.[2] She graduated from UC Berkeley School of Law in 2005.[1][3] She is a member of the Order of the Coif.[3]
Bargzie clerked for judge William A. Fletcher of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.[4][3] For severals years, she was a lawyer and legal fellow on the national security project of the American Civil Liberties Union.[3][4] Bargzie worked for Boies Schiller Flexner LLP.[3] She was a national security and civil rights senior staff attorney for Asian Americans Advancing Justice with the Asian Law Caucus.[2][4][3] Bargzie has lectured at Stanford Law School.[4]
Bargzie worked in the Office of the Vice President of the United States as the associate counsel to vice president Kamala Harris.[1][2] In that role, she was a policy advisor and the on Muslim, Arab, and Gaza Strip topics.[1] She provided input on reproductive rights, voting, and democracy.[1] She left in July 2024.[1] In August 2024, Bargzie joined the Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign to lead its outreach to Muslim and Arab communities.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h Alcindor, Yamiche (2024-08-13). "Harris' campaign adds top adviser to lead outreach to Muslim and Arab voters". NBC News. Retrieved 2024-08-14.
- ^ a b c d e f g Whitney, Alyse (2021-07-04). "Vice President Kamala Harris Turns the Spotlight Over to Her AAPI Staffers". Glamour. Retrieved 2024-08-14.
- ^ a b c d e f "Nasrina Bargzie biography". Asian Law Caucus. Archived from the original on 2015-09-21. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
- ^ a b c d Gaudiano, Nicole; Bravender, Robin (October 10, 2021). "Meet 54 rising Democratic stars working in Vice President Kamala Harris' office". Business Insider. Retrieved 2024-08-14.
- Living people
- People from Kandahar
- Afghan emigrants to the United States
- Child refugees
- Afghan refugees
- 21st-century American women lawyers
- Afghan lawyers
- 21st-century Afghan women
- UC Berkeley School of Law alumni
- Biden administration personnel
- Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign
- People associated with the 2024 United States presidential election
- Women in California politics
- People from the San Francisco Bay Area
- California lawyers
- American civil rights lawyers