Masooma Hussain Email & Phone Number

Masooma Hussain is a Supervising Attorney at DCVLP at DC Volunteer Lawyers Project. She possess expertise in research, editing, public policy, nonprofits, legal writing and 10 more skills. She is proficient in Urdu and Spanish. Colleagues describe her as "I have known and worked with Masooma Hussain in a variety of capacities over many years. I have seen her grow from an extremely competent, hard- working assistant to a lawyer overseeing major audits for our nation’s capital city. Masooma has it all: ability, social skills, connections and the drive to succeed at whatever she decides to do. She has created new initiatives, thinks outside the box, is enthusiastic about even the most difficult challenges, both leads and follows well, and produces work of the highest quality. Masooma is particularly skilled at asking probing questions to assure everyone is moving in the same direction and understands all aspects of the work. She is exceedingly loyal, and most importantly, she is joy to work with!" and "I have worked with Masooma for nearly 5 years and have watched with admiration as she cultivated a broad set of government relations, communications, and policy skills and earned well-deserved promotions, all while completing law school. She is smart, creative, and highly motivated. Masooma has a keen understanding of what makes an advocacy enterprise effective, especially with respect to how the various elements—communications, policy expertise, lobbying, etc.—should work together. She is a skillful writer and a gifted critical thinker. Beyond all of that, she is a pleasure to work with. "

Listed skills include Research, Editing, Public Policy, Nonprofits, and 11 others.