Who I Am
Mona Khan
- Equity & Leadership Coach
- Group & Team Facilitator
- Culture Shift Consultant
Preferred pronouns: She/her/hers
At the Core
At the core, Mona dreams of a world in which differences are celebrated, people feel seen, heard and valued, and power is shared widely. As an equity & leadership coach, she fiercely protects the space in which a client can cultivate and inhabit their voice, lean into mind-body-spirit wisdom, and stand in their power. As a Third Culture Kid–someone whose passport doesn’t reflect where she was born or where she grew up, someone whose identities cross borders & cultures–she’s a commitment to self-defining on her own terms and supporting others to do the same.
Resume
For several years, Mona worked on women’s health programs in countries such as Tajikistan, Cambodia, and Kenya. As she realized her passion for social justice and human rights work, she shifted to strengthening nonprofit organizations and social movements in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the U.S., and working to catalyze new generations of social justice and human rights leaders. Shaped, with gratitude, by movement leaders of many social identities, she’s an experienced leadership coach, group and team facilitator, and equity consultant.
Mona is a Georgetown-trained leadership coach. She holds a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) credential from the International Coaching Federation, and is certified in use of the EQ-i and EQ360 assessments.
Mona studied political science and economics at Sarah Lawrence College and the London School of Economics, and later, as a MacArthur Scholar, earned an M.A. in Public Policy at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs (University of Minnesota).
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Self-definition
Mona identifies as Desi (South Asian), cis-female, GenX, culturally Muslim; a carrier of economic, heterosexual, and skin color privilege. According to her father, she was born with an ‘instant protest kit’. She’s a Third Culture Kid which means she grew up eating fagioli, sukiyaki and daal at the dinner table; she loves Harry Belafonte, Sweet Honey in the Rock, and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan in equal measure; and the words of E Williams, Pat Parker, Rumi, and Cookie Monster connect her to joy & purpose.