Grace Aklestad is a recent graduate from the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies and a Program Associate for the Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University. Originally from Shelby, Montana, she earned a Bachelor of Arts in History with Honors at Concordia University- Portland. She graduated Summa Cum Laude, the President of the Honors Program, a two-year Social Change Coordinator, and with more than 300 hours of community service.