Class of: 2011

Sumaira Ahmed

Sumaira Ahmed (CGS’09, COM’11) of Brookline, Mass., founded the Sumaira Foundation for NMO in 2014, after she was diagnosed with neuromyelitis optica (NMO), a rare autoimmune disease that causes inflammation in the central nervous system. In September, Sumaira and the foundation organized a Picnic in the Park benefit at Boston Common, for those affected by the disease. Learn more about the foundation at www.sumairafoundation.org.

From the Winter-Spring 2015 issue.