Hear from the heart of MIT Sloan – the students! Mind & Hand + (Heart) host Yaphet Tedla, MBA '24, is back with Mariama N'Diaye, MBA/MCP '24, an MIT Morningside Academy for Design Fellow who's using her expertise in urban planning and business administration to tackle complex social issues within government systems. Mind & Hand + (Heart) is a student interview series highlighting members of MIT Sloan's underrepresented minority community – covering their journey to and at Sloan, and providing advice to prospective students. This interview originally aired live Dec. 8 on the MIT Sloan Admissions Instagram page. Find More Mind & Hand + (Heart) interviews: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLps9sIRhmxWBpEmMFfTfTOL6zsRsn-Tr&si=o4kYVwxkiVGya9xb - More About Mariama ✨ Mariama is a Master's in City Planning and Master's in Business Administration double candidate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Simultaneously, she is Chief of Staff of Ami Colé (@byamicole) - a clean beauty brand backed by VC for melanin-rich skin. At MIT, Mariama has been a Morningside Academy for Design Fellow and a recipient of the Dean's Fellowship. She serves as Co-Founder and Co-President of the Sloan Design Club, VP of Events with the Africa Business Club (@mitsloanabc), and an active member of the Black Business Student Association (@blackatsloan). Previously, Mariama was a Fulbright-EU Schuman researcher who studied how agencies in the city of Milan supported migrant communities, specifically through the prism of human-centered design. Previously, Mariama spent most of her career as a Social Services Program Manager at Bloomberg Associates, the prob-bono advisory arm of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Foundation. Mariama received a BA in Political Science with honors from Williams College. She is Harlem-born, a travel enthusiast, and is passionate about supporting marginalized communities globally.