Meet the 2025 YWCA Women of Distinction nominees in our community

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More than 30 of the 52 extraordinary women and girls nominated for this year’s YWCA Hamilton Women of Distinction awards are McMaster students, graduates, faculty or staff. The awards will be given out at the YWCA's annual Women of Distinction Gala on March 5.

YWCA Hamilton has named its nominees for the 2025 Women of Distinction awards, and more than 30 of these 52 leaders, innovators, and trailblazers are also part of the McMaster community.

The nominations, announced this month, recognize extraordinary women and girls from a range of fields who make an impact in the community in a variety of ways.

The winners will be announced March 5 at the annual Women of Distinction Gala, an event that celebrates these powerhouse change makers while raising money for YWCA programs and services for women, girls and gender-diverse individuals.

Click here to learn about last year’s winners.

In addition to six categories of nominations based on the field in which nominees work, there is also a Lifetime Achievement Award with nominees from each category; and a Young Trailblazer Award, which recognizes individuals younger than 25 who are already inspiring leaders.

This year’s McMaster nominees include:

Education/Training

Dina Brooks | Executive vice-dean and associate vice-president (Academic) in the Faculty of Health Sciences

Lorraine Carter | Director of McMaster Continuing Education

Maryam Aramesh | Assistant professor, Faculty of Engineering

Shaiya Robinson | graduate and assistant professor, Faculty of Science

Ohood Elzibak | graduate and Clinical preceptor and instructor, Faculty of Health Sciences

Carolyn Rankin-Boutin | graduate, Faculty of Humanities

Innovation in Business

Janet Knight | graduate, DeGroote School of Business

Maryam Emami | graduate, Faculty of Engineering

Nicole Rakowski | graduate student, DeGroote School of Business with degrees from the Faculty of Science and Faculty of Health Sciences

Public service

Erin Griver | graduate, Faculty of Social Sciences

Sarah Goodwin | affiliated with the Faculty of Health Sciences

Sharon Charters | graduate, Faculty of Social Sciences

Community Champion

Bhairavi Kumar | graduate, Continuing Education

Cheryl Cartwright | graduate, Continuing Education

Comfort Afari | graduate, Faculty of Social Sciences

Jessica Bonilla-Damptey | graduate, Faculty of Social Sciences

Priyanka Jani | graduate, Faculty of Health Sciences

STEM/Trades

Margaret McKinnon | professor and Associate Chair (Research), Faculty of Health Sciences

Sheila Sprague | graduate, professor and clinical researcher, Faculty of Health Sciences

Catherine McKenzie | graduate, Arts & Science

Jodi Gilchrist | graduate student, Faculty of Health Sciences

Shari Van de Pol | graduate, Faculty of Engineering

Health and Wellness

Samantha Winemaker | graduate and associate clinical professor, Faculty of Health Sciences

Diana Hatzoglou | graduate, Faculty of Science and Faculty of Health Sciences

Meghan Gilbert | graduate, Faculty of Humanities

Melissa McCallum | graduate, Faculty of Health Sciences

Young Trailblazer

Jocelyn Kuntsi | student, Faculty of Engineering

Julia Vo | student, Integrated Business and Humanities

Lillian Guy | graduate, Faculty of Humanities

Salsa Sarhan | graduate, Faculty of Social Sciences

Shelby Amponsah | graduate, Faculty of Engineering

Tina Liu | student, Faculty of Health Sciences

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YWCA Hamilton has named its <a href="https://www.ywcahamilton.org/wod/nominees-2025/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nominees for the 2025 Women of Distinction awards</a>, and more than 30 of these 52 leaders, innovators, and trailblazers are also part of the McMaster community.

The nominations, announced this month, recognize extraordinary women and girls from a range of fields who make an impact in the community in a variety of ways.

The winners will be announced March 5 at the annual <a href="https://www.ywcahamilton.org/wod/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Women of Distinction Gala</a>, an event that celebrates these powerhouse change makers while raising money for YWCA programs and services for women, girls and gender-diverse individuals.

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<a href="https://dailynews.mcmaster.ca/articles/ywca-women-of-distinction-awards-recognize-extraordinary-leaders-and-changemakers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Click here to learn about last year’s winners.</strong></a><strong> </strong>

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In addition to six categories of nominations based on the field in which nominees work, there is also a Lifetime Achievement Award with nominees from each category; and a Young Trailblazer Award, which recognizes individuals younger than 25 who are already inspiring leaders.

<strong>This year's McMaster nominees include: </strong>
<h3><span style="color: #7a003c">Education/Training </span></h3>
<ul>
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</ul>
<ul>
 	<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><strong>Lorraine Carter</strong> | Director of McMaster Continuing Education</li>
</ul>
<ul>
 	<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><strong>Maryam Aramesh</strong> | Assistant professor, Faculty of Engineering</li>
</ul>
<ul>
 	<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="6" data-aria-level="1"><strong>Shaiya Robinson</strong> | graduate and assistant professor, Faculty of Science</li>
</ul>
<ul>
 	<li><strong>Ohood Elzibak</strong> | graduate and Clinical preceptor and instructor, Faculty of Health Sciences</li>
</ul>
<ul>
 	<li><strong>Carolyn Rankin-Boutin</strong> | graduate, Faculty of Humanities</li>
</ul>

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<h3><span style="color: #7a003c">Innovation in Business </span></h3>
<ul>
 	<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><strong>Janet Knight</strong> | graduate, DeGroote School of Business</li>
</ul>
<ul>
 	<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><strong>Maryam Emami</strong> | graduate, Faculty of Engineering</li>
</ul>
<ul>
 	<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><strong>Nicole Rakowski</strong> | graduate student, DeGroote School of Business with degrees from the Faculty of Science and Faculty of Health Sciences</li>
</ul>

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<h3><span style="color: #7a003c">Public service </span></h3>
<ul>
 	<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><strong>Erin Griver</strong> | graduate, Faculty of Social Sciences</li>
</ul>
<ul>
 	<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><strong>Sarah Goodwin</strong> | affiliated with the Faculty of Health Sciences</li>
</ul>
<ul>
 	<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><strong>Sharon Charters</strong> | graduate, Faculty of Social Sciences</li>
</ul>

<hr />

<h3><span style="color: #7a003c">Community Champion </span></h3>
<ul>
 	<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="4" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><strong>Bhairavi Kumar</strong> | graduate, Continuing Education</li>
</ul>
<ul>
 	<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="4" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><strong>Cheryl Cartwright</strong> | graduate, Continuing Education</li>
</ul>
<ul>
 	<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="4" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><strong>Comfort Afari</strong> | graduate, Faculty of Social Sciences</li>
</ul>
<ul>
 	<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="4" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><strong>Jessica Bonilla-Damptey</strong> | graduate, Faculty of Social Sciences</li>
</ul>
<ul>
 	<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="4" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="5" data-aria-level="1"><strong>Priyanka Jani</strong> | graduate, Faculty of Health Sciences</li>
</ul>

<hr />

<h3><span style="color: #7a003c">STEM/Trades </span></h3>
<ul>
 	<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><strong>Margaret McKinnon</strong> | professor and Associate Chair (Research), Faculty of Health Sciences</li>
</ul>
<ul>
 	<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><strong>Sheila Sprague</strong> | graduate, professor and clinical researcher, Faculty of Health Sciences</li>
</ul>
<ul>
 	<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><strong>Catherine McKenzie</strong> | graduate, Arts &amp; Science</li>
</ul>
<ul>
 	<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><strong>Jodi Gilchrist</strong> | graduate student, Faculty of Health Sciences</li>
</ul>
<ul>
 	<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="5" data-aria-level="1"><strong>Shari Van de Pol</strong> | graduate, Faculty of Engineering</li>
</ul>

<hr />

<h3><span style="color: #7a003c">Health and Wellness </span></h3>
<ul>
 	<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="6" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><strong>Samantha Winemaker</strong> | graduate and associate clinical professor, Faculty of Health Sciences</li>
</ul>
<ul>
 	<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="6" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><strong>Diana Hatzoglou</strong> | graduate, Faculty of Science and Faculty of Health Sciences</li>
</ul>
<ul>
 	<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="6" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><strong>Meghan Gilbert</strong> | graduate, Faculty of Humanities</li>
</ul>
<ul>
 	<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="6" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><strong>Melissa McCallum</strong> | graduate, Faculty of Health Sciences</li>
</ul>

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<h3><span style="color: #7a003c">Young Trailblazer </span></h3>
<ul>
 	<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><strong>Jocelyn Kuntsi</strong> | student, Faculty of Engineering</li>
</ul>
<ul>
 	<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><strong>Julia Vo</strong> | student, Integrated Business and Humanities</li>
</ul>
<ul>
 	<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><strong>Lillian Guy</strong> | graduate, Faculty of Humanities</li>
</ul>
<ul>
 	<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><strong>Salsa Sarhan</strong> | graduate, Faculty of Social Sciences</li>
</ul>
<ul>
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