Navid Hewadwal

Navid serves as a Legal Service Coordinator with our Project: Afghan Legal Assistance (PALA) team. He provides legal support for the newly arrived Afghans in the U.S. by assisting the PALA team and attorneys with screenings, research, coordinating interpreters, handling translation requests, organizing legal clinics and client check-ins to name a few of his day-to-day tasks.

Prior to joining Human Rights First, Navid worked for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Kabul, Afghanistan. He has years of experience working with local and international non-profit organizations in Afghanistan. Navid completed his B.A. in Economics, Political Science, and Sociology at Bangalore University in 2016. He is fluent in English, Pashto, Dari, and Hindi.