Tech entrepreneur Sophia Mahfooz, 29, now based in Silicon Valley, spent eight childhood years as a refugee in Afghanistan. So it was what she calls a “cruel deja vu” in August as she watched desperate Afghans trying to flee as the country quickly fell to Taliban rule after U.S. military withdrawal.
The founder of tech startups Afghan Innovation Foundation and NeuroX Health immediately organized a team of tech experts to aid the many filmmakers, artists and journalists left behind in Afghanistan.
On Nov. 11, Mahfooz will speak at the event “Connected: How Tech is Transforming Humanitarian Response” at USC’s Viterbi School of Engineering.