PROFILE   |   Olivia Issa

Olivia Issa Program Lead, NASH TIER

Olivia Issa serves as Program Lead at TIER, advancing community-designed, system-driven innovations that connect higher education, workforce opportunity, and economic mobility.

Olivia has long been committed to educational access and social impact, having led and contributed to initiatives since 2015 that support first-generation and underrepresented students in navigating higher education, including through positions at nonprofits GirlForward and University Alliance for Refugees and at-Risk Migrants (UARRM), and the RESPONSE Campaign. She has designed and implemented mentoring programs, developed toolkits, and contributed to research on educational access, including co-authoring chapters in the 2023 book Accessing Quality Education: Local and Global Perspectives from Refugees. Olivia holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from The George Washington University and is completing a Master of Public Administration from American University in Washington, D.C.