Lama Mohammed is the inaugural Tech Policy Fellow at NYU’s Center for Social Media and Politics (CSMaP). At CSMaP, Lama works to insert the Center's rigorous research into policy conversations around social media, technology, and democracy.Before joining CSMaP, Lama was a Senior Associate at the Glen Echo Group — a Washington, D.C.-based public affairs and relations firm specializing in technology policy. Lama worked on policy and communications for nonprofit organizations operating within the artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and privacy spaces. Before joining the Glen Echo Group full-time, Lama served as the firm's Fellow, building upon her previous cybersecurity policy experience with D.C. government relations firms and the United Nations.In addition to her role at the CSMaP, Lama is an Affiliate at All Tech Is Human, where she has co-authored reports on AI and human rights, building a better tech future, and technology and democracy, as well as a mentor at Girl Security, the only non-profit working to advance girls, young women, and gender minorities into pathways across the national security sector to ensure a more equitable security future for the world. Lama was also a former Senior Fellow and New York Regional Chair at the Internet Law & Policy Foundry, where she managed the organization's social media accounts, designed the graphics, and frequently hosted and moderated Foundry podcast episodes and webinars.As an emerging voice in the technology policy community, Lama has spoken at various conferences and panels, including the 2024 Stanford Trust and Safety Research Conference and the 2023 IAPP Global Privacy Summit, where she highlighted the privacy issues unique to the youth generation. Lama has also facilitated a security training on AI and currently coaches students about starting a career in responsible technology.