Nushy Golriz graduated among the top 5% of her high school class. She is majoring in Hispanic Studies and Geography at Dartmouth College, where she is president of the multiracial student club MOSAIC. Through an internship funded by the Rockefeller Center, Nushy worked at the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, where she researched corporate influence on immigration policy and border security technology. The internship reinforced Nushy's interest in immigration law and refugee rights issues.