Sedef Berq
Sedef Berq is a Legislative Correspondent in the U.S. Senate working on judicial, education, disability, and economic policy. Prior to her CLDP fellowship, she interned on Capitol Hill with Senator Ed Markey and Congressman Anthony Brown. She also served as a Policy Advisor for the Mckayla Wilkes and Jill P. Carter congressional campaigns during the 2020 election season. While in graduate school, she conducted academic research at the Center for Education, Identity and Social Justice on Muslim American political identity and Muslim college students’ experiences in higher education. She received her B.A. in Government & Politics and B.A. in Sociology from the University of Maryland, College Park and her Master of Public Policy (MPP) with a specialization in health policy at the University of Southern California. She hopes to work on Capitol Hill for many years to come, including possibly as the Congresswoman for Maryland’s 6th Congressional district.[1]
MPAC intern
In 2020 Sedef Berq was a Muslim Public Affairs Council Congressional Leadership Development Program intern in the office of Rep. Lloyd Doggett.