Awards
Shabnam has received a number of awards and recognitions for her academic, leadership, and community service work:
- Congressional Award Gold Medal
- Maryland Medallion Society
- Boren Scholarship Recipient
- UMCP Homecoming Court
- Adele Circle of Women Leadership Award Nominee
- Governor O’Malley’s Citation for Outstanding Service 2012
- Nominee for Maryland’s “20 Under 20 Awards”
- Semi-finalist for the Global Health Corps
- Outstanding Student Award: University of Maryland Letters & Sciences
- Recipient of Betty Beckley Award two years in a row: UMD Letters & Sciences
- Recipient of County Councils Leadership Scholarship
- Recipient of PGCPS Superintendent Scholarship
- Prince George’s County Scholar of the Week
- AP Scholar with Distinction (taken 10 AP courses and received 4s and 5s on 80% of the exams)
- National Critical Language Scholarship Recipient-Persian Language
- Young People For Fellowship Recipient
- Berkeley-Urdu Language Program (BULPIP) Recipient