Essays from my Substack, plus features I've contributed to on education access and the immigrant experience.

Substack

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  Useful Is Not Governable

  What a $460 million trading failure can teach us about AI agents

  June 23, 2026

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Features

• Catchin' Up With a Cookie: Meelod Waheed

  Cooke Scholar Alumni

• Aman and Meelod Waheed: The Shared Scholarship Experience of Two Brothers

  Cooke Scholar Alumni

• Journeys to Nova: Programs Support Immigrant Entrepreneurs

  InsideNoVa

• Uncovering Hurdles in the College Student Transfer Process

  Education Writers Association

• Helping transfers get into elite colleges

  The Hechinger Report

• What to Know About Transferring From a Community College

  U.S. News & World Report

• Transfer Students Enrich Campus at Pomona

  Pomona College