She is currently attending The New School. Her interests are primarily in social justice and literary studies. Her poetry has been placed in competitions and is featured in a number of publications including The Kenyon Review, the Sierra Nevada Review, The Oakland Arts Review, and Rattle #59. She is the recipient of the Hajja Razia Sharif Sheikh Prize for nonfiction and has performed at venues including the 2017 Justice Speaks! Conference at Seattle Pacific University. She can be found online @daliaelhassan.