Yazan's career has explored the question "how do our connections make us more human?" His personal immigrant story and experiences working with refugees domestically and abroad informs his work as COO at The Village Institute. He has a BA in Economics from the University of Colorado-Boulder and certificates in Monitoring and Evaluation from Makerere University in Kampala and Joining Vision and Action in Denver, CO. In his free time Yazan likes to rock climb, salsa dance, and eat hummus--not all at the same time.