Miriam Bahrami

Operations coordinator, Justice Catalyst Access Fund

Miriam Bahrami is the Operations Coordinator at Justice Catalyst Access Fund (JCAF). Prior to joining the team, Miriam was a curriculum designer and instructor for ESL and Spanish bilingual immersion in schools in North Carolina, Guatemala, and Madrid, Spain. Since transitioning from the classroom in 2022, she earned her Masters degree in Spanish with a specialization in Linguistics from Middlebury College in 2022, and has worked in communications consulting and program management capacities for nonprofits like The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), One Schoolhouse, and Winston Preparatory Schools. She is bilingual in Spanish and English and is a first generation college graduate from an Iranian family. She is a regular volunteer at the West Side Campaign Against Hunger and the Center for Employment Opportunities in New York City. She holds a BA in Hispanic Linguistics from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.