{"id":26863,"date":"2023-11-09T15:26:22","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T20:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/?page_id=26863"},"modified":"2026-05-04T09:19:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:19:50","slug":"impact-stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/giving-at-iie\/stories-and-impact\/impact-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Impact Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-iie-navigation-wrapper is-layout-constrained wp-block-iie-navigation-wrapper-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t<div class=\"navigation-wrapper__sidebar\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"navigation-wrapper__menu-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"navigation-wrapper__menu-controls\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"navigation-wrapper__menu-parent-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/giving-at-iie\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"eyebrow\">Giving at IIE<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<nav id=\"navigation-wrapper-menu\" class=\"navigation-wrapper__menu\" aria-label=\"Sidebar Navigation\">\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3084 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/giving-at-iie\/where-to-give\/\">Where to Give<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3146\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/giving-at-iie\/where-to-give\/give-where-needed-most\/\">Give Where Needed Most<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3171\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/giving-at-iie\/where-to-give\/iie-emergency-student-fund\/\">Emergency Student Fund<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3165\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/giving-at-iie\/where-to-give\/artist-protection-fund\/\">Artist Protection Fund<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3160\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/giving-at-iie\/where-to-give\/iie-american-passport-project\/\">IIE American Passport Project<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-5760\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/giving-at-iie\/where-to-give\/iie-scholar-rescue-fund\/\">Scholar Rescue Fund<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3246\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/giving-at-iie\/where-to-give\/fulbright-assistance-funds\/\">Fulbright Assistance Funds<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3153\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/giving-at-iie\/where-to-give\/iie-odyssey-scholarship\/\">Odyssey Scholarship<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-26966\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/giving-at-iie\/where-to-give\/iies-crisis-response\/\">IIE&#8217;s Crisis Response<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-3289 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/giving-at-iie\/ways-to-give\/\">Ways to Give<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-38532\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/giving-at-iie\/ways-to-give\/matching-gifts\/\">Matching Gifts<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-33520\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/giving-at-iie\/ways-to-give\/donor-advised-funds-dafs\/\">Donor-Advised Funds (DAFs)<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3280\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/giving-at-iie\/ways-to-give\/legacy\/\">Planned Giving at IIE<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-3473 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/giving-at-iie\/stories-and-impact\/\">Stories and Impact<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-26863 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/giving-at-iie\/stories-and-impact\/impact-stories\/\">Impact Stories<\/a>\n\t<ul class='children'>\n\t\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-34406\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/giving-at-iie\/stories-and-impact\/impact-stories\/hasan-duha-ikiz-emergency-student-fund\/\">Hasan Duha Ikiz, Emergency Student Fund<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-47273\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/giving-at-iie\/stories-and-impact\/impact-stories\/empowering-afghan-women-in-stem-dr-sweeta-akbaris-journey-from-exile-to-innovation-in-biomedical-research\/\">Dr. Sweeta Akbari, IIE Scholar Rescue Fund Fellow<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-33787\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/giving-at-iie\/stories-and-impact\/impact-stories\/shatha-altowai-2021-iie-artist-protection-fund-fellow\/\">Shatha Altowai, IIE Artist Protection Fund Fellow<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-32911\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/giving-at-iie\/stories-and-impact\/impact-stories\/dr-rana-mustafa-scholar-rescue-fund\/\">Dr. Rana Mustafa, Scholar Rescue Fund<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-26865\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/giving-at-iie\/stories-and-impact\/impact-stories\/dr-marycelin-baba-scholar-rescue-fund\/\">Dr Marycelin Baba, Scholar Rescue Fund<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-26867\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/giving-at-iie\/stories-and-impact\/impact-stories\/pedro-x-molina\/\">Pedro X. Molina, Artist Protection Fund<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-26872\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/giving-at-iie\/stories-and-impact\/impact-stories\/naw-bee-bi-odyssey-scholar\/\">Naw Bee Bi, Odyssey Scholar<\/a><\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-29629\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/giving-at-iie\/donor-bill-of-rights\/\">Donor Bill of Rights<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-3268\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/giving-at-iie\/fundraising-disclosure\/\">Fundraising Disclosure<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/nav>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"navigation-wrapper__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Impact Stories<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center is-image-fill-element media-text--featured-content has-grey-background-color has-background\" style=\"grid-template-columns:31.6% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Hazan-Ikiz-1920x1080-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"IIE ESF Grantee Hasan Duha Ikiz stands in front of a frame of a house while holding a chainsaw\" class=\"wp-image-34409 size-full\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Hazan-Ikiz-1920x1080-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Hazan-Ikiz-1920x1080-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Hazan-Ikiz-1920x1080-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Hazan-Ikiz-1920x1080-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.iie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Hazan-Ikiz-1920x1080-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cThe Earthquake Changed My Perspective on the Built Environment\u201d<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Hasan Duha Ikiz, Emergency Student Fund<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-with-arrow\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/donate\/stories-and-impact\/impact-stories\/hasan-duha-ikiz-emergency-student-fund\/\">meet Hasan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center is-image-fill-element media-text--featured-content has-grey-background-color has-background\" style=\"grid-template-columns:31.6% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/HP_6921_-Sweeta-Akbari-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47286 size-full\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/HP_6921_-Sweeta-Akbari-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/HP_6921_-Sweeta-Akbari-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/HP_6921_-Sweeta-Akbari-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/HP_6921_-Sweeta-Akbari-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.iie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/HP_6921_-Sweeta-Akbari-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cWhoever supports my research, they are part of my life.\u201d<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Sweeta Akbari, Scholar Rescue Fund <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-with-arrow\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/donate\/stories-and-impact\/impact-stories\/empowering-afghan-women-in-stem-dr-sweeta-akbaris-journey-from-exile-to-innovation-in-biomedical-research\/\">meet Dr. Sweeta<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center is-image-fill-element media-text--featured-content has-grey-background-color has-background\" style=\"grid-template-columns:31.6% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2021-APF-Fellow-Shatha-Altowai-1024x709.jpg\" alt=\"IIE APF Fellow Shatha Altowai\" class=\"wp-image-19187 size-full\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2021-APF-Fellow-Shatha-Altowai-1024x709.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2021-APF-Fellow-Shatha-Altowai-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2021-APF-Fellow-Shatha-Altowai-768x532.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2021-APF-Fellow-Shatha-Altowai-1536x1063.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.iie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2021-APF-Fellow-Shatha-Altowai.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Artist Shatha Altowai Reflects on Yemen\u2019s Civil War Through Painting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Shatha Altowai, Artist Protection Fund<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-with-arrow\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/donate\/stories-and-impact\/impact-stories\/shatha-altowai-2021-iie-artist-protection-fund-fellow\/\">meet Shatha<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center is-image-fill-element media-text--featured-content has-grey-background-color has-background\" style=\"grid-template-columns:31.6% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Rana-6-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32913 size-full\" style=\"object-position:35% 68%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Rana-6-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Rana-6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Rana-6-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Rana-6-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.iie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Rana-6-2048x1363.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Esteemed Food Scientist Coaches Displaced Individuals Toward Career Success<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Rana Mustafa, Scholar Rescue Fund<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-with-arrow\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/donate\/stories-and-impact\/impact-stories\/dr-rana-mustafa-scholar-rescue-fund\/\">meet Dr. Mustafa<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center is-image-fill-element media-text--featured-content has-grey-background-color has-background\" style=\"grid-template-columns:31.6% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/NG28034-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Marycelin Baba receives the L'Or\u00e9al-UNESCO Medal of Honor for Women Scientists from Firmin Edouard Matoko, Assistant Director-General for Priority Africa and External Relations of UNESCO.\" class=\"wp-image-24643 size-full\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/NG28034-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/NG28034-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/NG28034-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/NG28034-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.iie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/NG28034-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SRF Fellow&nbsp;Nearly Eradicates Polio in Nigeria<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Marycelin Baba, Scholar Rescue Fund<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-with-arrow\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/donate\/stories-and-impact\/impact-stories\/dr-marycelin-baba-scholar-rescue-fund\/\">meet Dr. Baba<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center is-image-fill-element media-text--featured-content has-grey-background-color has-background\" style=\"grid-template-columns:31.6% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pedro-X.-Molina.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24691 size-full\" style=\"object-position:49% 16%\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cartoonist Challenges Governmental Injustices<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Pedro X. Molina, Artist Protection Fund<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-with-arrow\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/donate\/stories-and-impact\/impact-stories\/pedro-x-molina\/\">meet Pedro<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center is-image-fill-element media-text--featured-content has-grey-background-color has-background\" style=\"grid-template-columns:31.6% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"906\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Naw_Bee_Bi_preferred-1024x906.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5649 size-full\" style=\"object-position:49% 100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Naw_Bee_Bi_preferred-1024x906.jpg 1024w, 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