Haddy Gassama
Haddy Gassama is the National Director of Policy & Advocacy for the UndocuBlack Network. Haddy is from The Gambia andimmigrated to the U.S. in 2000 with her family. She holds a Bachelors degree in Political Science, a Masters in International Affairs, and a Juris Doctor degree. Haddy is licensed to practice law in Washington D.C. She has years of experience in the fields of international human rights and immigration law and policy. She has previously worked at the National Immigrant Justice Center, where she advocated for policies that enhanced Congressional oversight on the immigration detention system. She also represented survivors of torture from Sub-Saharan African countries, in their asylum proceedings before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. When she is not doing advocacy work, Haddy is also an accomplished writer who has published several essays and articles on a range of topics including gender equity, international politics, and pop culture.