Fahim Masoud is a recent graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, where he studied history and politics. Prior to immigrating to the United States, he worked as a linguist and cultural adviser for the United States Army in Afghanistan for 18 months. At Washington University, Fahim was a member of the Merle Kling Undergraduate Honors Fellowship and published a paper on the "Economic Rise of China and its Implications for the United States."