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Kailey Love, Outreach Associate

Kailey Love is the outreach associate for the Refugee Advocacy Lab based at Refugees International. Previously, Kailey was a public affairs Intern with both the Department of Defense and the State Department, and a multimedia intern at 90.5 WESA (Pittsburgh’s NPR affiliate station).

She holds a B.A. in International Relations and Multiplatform Journalism from Duquesne University. In her academic career, she focused on humanitarian operations and U.S. foreign policy, and spent her last year of undergrad as a research fellow investigating the reception of refugees in Italy. During college, Kailey volunteered with Jewish Family and Community Services & ARYSE in Pittsburgh as a mentor for their after school program for refugee children.

Blog Posts
How Economic Inclusion Enables Refugees
How Economic Inclusion Enables Refugees

Economic inclusion, and with it, access to the labor market is a critical right to refugees around the world. Lubab al-Quraishi spent six years after resettling in the United States trying to break back into the medical field. Now, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, she leads a team of international doctors to conduct coronavirus tests in New York nursing homes.

‘Kindness is Part of Healing’: How One Rohingya Refugee is Providing Care Amid COVID-19
‘Kindness is Part of Healing’: How One Rohingya Refugee is Providing Care Amid COVID-19

Abdul Hamid, a Rohingya refugee, was stateless for nearly two decades before he found a home in the United States. Now amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Abdul works as a medical translator.