Ebyan Abshir completed her Bachelor of Art in Africana Studies at Union College in New York in June 2024. She is currently pursuing a Juris Doctor in Boston, Massachusetts and will be attending Northeastern University School of Law in Boston. She was previously a Thomas J. Watson Fellow at the Watson Foundation, pursuing an independent research project focused on the preservation of collective memory across six countries for the 2024-25 year. Ebyan is interested in global transitional and restorative justice efforts in post-conflict societies, and has documented various memorialisation efforts among civil society groups and national governments throughout her travels. Ebyan speaks English and Spanish.