Ahmed Diongue

Ahmed Diongue (he/him) is the Partnerships Coordinator for the Paragon Policy Fellowship. He is a recent graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, and he is a prospective J.D. candidate for the Class of 2029, with plans to specialize in space law and technology policy.

Ahmed has previously worked with MIT Space Enabled and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, leveraging space technology to advance environmental sustainability initiatives. As a Paragon Fellow in Fall 2024, he contributed to the City of Brownsville, Texas’s digital strategy to expand broadband accessibility. He currently works as an engineer at Pixxel Space, developing hyperspectral satellite constellations to monitor Earth’s ecosystems.

Outside of his professional work, Ahmed enjoys writing poetry, traveling, surfing, building projects with AI, and keeping up with the evolving space industry.