I am a political scientist specializing in gender, labour, and international development, with a focus on informal and home-based digital work in the Global South.

My research is grounded in six months of fieldwork with women food vendors in Egypt and examines how digital platforms intersect with household economies and social reproduction to reshape work, value, and economic participation. I develop the concept of ‘stretching’ social reproduction to challenge dominant, market-centered approaches to development and foreground everyday practices as sites of economic agency and resistance.

Alongside my research, I have experience across nonprofit, academic, and community spaces, including co-founding the SWANA Feminist Collective, which advocates for decolonial feminist knowledge production within and beyond academia.

Outside of my academic work, I train and coach kickboxing as part of my commitment to resilience, discipline, and collective well-being.