History major Dalia Kijakazi,C'2021, was born in Washington D.C, and raised in Brooklyn, New York City. During her time at Spelman College, she was a member of the
Ethel Waddell Githii Honors Program and served as a student assistant in the College’s archives.
Kijakazi also participated in the United Negro College Fund/Mellon Mays Fellowship and presented independent research at collegiate conferences. She serves as an archival consultant at the National Academy of Social Insurance.
In her final year, she was inducted into Spelman’s chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, a history honor society and Spelman’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. Kijakazi will enter a history doctoral program in the fall of 2021.