Asma Gull Hasan - Early Life

Early Life

Asma Gull Hasan grew up in Pueblo, Colorado, where she talks about a childhood that was filled with snowboarding and riding horses. Hasan explains that she calls herself a "cowgirl" based on the cowboy values of appreciating the outdoors, oneself, and other people.

Hasan went on to receive her diploma from Groton School in 1993, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude. She obtained a Bachelors in Arts from Wellesley College in 1997, graduating Magna Cum Laude, as well as being named a Durant Scholar. And in 2001, she received her Juris Doctorate from New York University.

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