Mouneissa Wangara

Community Liaison / Administrative Assistant

Mouneissa was born in Timbuktu, Mali and immigrated to the United States in 2007. Before coming to the States, she studied Private Law at the University Ben Abdallah in Fes, Morocco, where she got a 3 years Licence degree  in Private Law.

With the desire to continue her studies in Law, Mouneissa arrived in California in 2007 on  a student visa and soon realized that her dreams of becoming a lawyer could not be fulfilled as she had to go through the language barriers, financial issues and immigration process. Mouneissa’s path has changed but her will to be part of a like-minded community and help others in the same boat as herself remains the same.

In 2018, Mouneissa earned a BA in International Studies from the University of California Hayward. In 2018, she joined AAN has an intern and transitioned into a staff member in 2019. Working at AAN, she feels she has found her calling by being able to actively help the African community.

Mouneissa is fluent in French, Bambara, Songhai, and is conversational in Arabic.