Nili Sarit Yossinger is a Research Specialist with the Office of the Senior Vice President for Research and the Institute for the Study of International Migration (ISIM) at Georgetown University. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies from Loyola University Chicago and a Master of German and European Studies from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, along with a Certificate in Refugees and Humanitarian Emergencies from ISIM. She previously worked with the United Nations Refugee Agency, Human Rights First, and the Capital Area Food Bank of Washington DC. Nili’s current research focuses on complex humanitarian emergencies, with an emphasis on food security, environmental degradation, and forced migration in the Horn of Africa and Persian Gulf regions.