I worked with Dr. Jill Biden when I was a community college student. Her degree is more than a title – it’s inspiration for the women and underrepresented students she teaches.

I worked with Dr. Jill Biden when I was a community college student. Her degree is more than a title – it’s inspiration for the women and underrepresented students she teaches.

Nazila Jamshidi.







Nazila Jamshidi















Nazila Jamshidi is a graduate student at Georgetown University and an alumnus of Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) where Dr. Jill Biden has been teaching in 2009.

At NOVA, Jamshidi worked with Dr. Biden on women's empowerment initiatives and says Biden's title of doctor served as an inspiration to her and other students to aim high with their educational goals.

By calling the First Lady elect with her proper, earned title of doctor, Jamshidi says more young women and students at community colleges will be inspired to overcome their circumstances and understand that their education is something no one can discredit.

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In my two years at Northern Virginia Community College, also known as NOVA, I had the pleasure of working with Dr. Jill Biden on multiple women's empowerment initiatives through the college's Alexandria's Jean Braden Center for Women, Gender, and Social Equity. There, Dr. Biden led and supported various leadership empowerment programs and advocated for the services students needed to pursue successful academic careers. 

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