Mohamed’s story is one of resilience. Born in Sierra Leone, West Africa, he witnessed the RUF murder his family when he was only five years old. For the next four years, Mohamed was forcefully conscripted as a child soldier for the same men that murdered his family. In 2002, at the age of 10, he became homeless. Through the help of UNICEF Sierra Leone, Mohamed was enrolled in school for the first time when he was ten years old. After moving to the U.S. in 2007, Mohamed completed high school and went on to receive his Bachelor of Arts from the George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs.

Today, Mohamed is an internationally recognized voice for children in armed conflict. He has been featured on Forbes, Le Monde, BBC, France 24, and Project Syndicate amongst others. He is a member of The High-Level Reflection Group on Strategic Transformation that advises the Director-General of UNESCO. He is a Youth Advocate for the Global Partnership for Education and co-hosted the 2018 GPE Replenishment Conference.

Mohamed is in his final year of a three-year duel law degree program, where he is pursuing his Juris Doctor (JD) from Fordham, and his L.L.M from Sorbonne Assas Paris II. Upon graduation in 2021, Mohamed will begin his legal career as a Corporate Associate in the New York Office of the Global law firm of Covington & Burling LLP.