Executive Director / Director of Women & Girls program
Seenaa is an Oromo-American born and raised in Ethiopia. She grew up witnessing injustice against the Oromo people by the Ethiopian security force and second-class treatment of the Oromo women. Wanting to make a difference, she studied political science as undergraduate and public health and administration as a graduate student. While at the University of Illinois, she was a Senator at Large for the Graduate Student Association and Treasurer for the African Student Organization, going on to found many of her organizations. She has received numerous awards, including the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship and Whitney M. Young Fellowship., and was a key player in the adoption of House Resolution 128 – an important factor in enabling change in Ethiopia in 2018. Currently, she serves as the Executive Director of OLLAA, alongside numerous other projects advocating for the Oromo people.