Our Team

Friends

  • Marvi Mazhar | Volunteer

    Mazhar is an architect and researcher, her practice combines visual culture, spatial advocacy and interventions. Recently completed her Masters (MA RA) at Goldsmiths, University of London (2021) and in 2022 started teaching at Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture (IVS) M.Phil Program, Pedagogies of Place.

  • Kiran Ahmad | Volunteer

    A multidisciplinary graphic designer and visual artist - inspired by a minimalistic approach, her practice addresses an interplay of space and form. She also has an interest in art and design academia and is currently associated as adjunct faculty in the Department of Communication Design, at the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture.

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    Nafisa Rizvi | Volunteer

    Nafisa Rizvi is an art writer and independent curator who has curated exhibitions in the US, Dubai and in Pakistan. She has contributed essays and articles to art publications across the globe and is editor of the books Rebel Angel, ASA A legacy of Innovation and Imran Mir, What You See is What You See.

Project Manager

  • Najia Sabahat Khan | September 2023 —

    Najia Khan is working with Mahenaz Mahmud to manage SMF projects. She is a Fulbright alumna with an M.Ed in Educational, School & Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Counseling Psychology from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She practices at Compassion Couch Psychiatry & Therapy Clinic.

  • Rebbia Shahab worked with us part time for a year as the Project Manager at Sabeen Mahmud Foundation (Proposed) from March 2020 to March 2021. During that time, she also worked at Haque Academy as the School Psychologist. She has a Master’s in Clinical Psychology and is passionate about conducting research on mental health interventions for at-risk youth.

Past Project Manager

Volunteers

Hibah Abid | Bahria University, Institute of Professional Psychology | March 2024 - Present

Interns

Taimoor Hameed | Habib University | June - July, 2023

Faizan Qureshi | Institute of Business Administration (IBA) | June - July, 2023

Rahma Ali | Institute of Business Administration, Karachi | June - July, 2023

Najia Sabahat Khan | Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Alumna | April - July 2021

Daliah Ashraf | Karachi Grammar School (KGS), Class 6 | May - June 2021

Sana Ansari | Karachi Grammar School (KGS), Alumna | January - February, 2021

Nadya Habib | Karachi Grammar School (KGS), Alumna | December, 2020

Uswah Nadeem | Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) | August - November, 2020