Selvi is an OPA Discourse Officer who helps advance collective learning on issues of social importance through relationship-building, public engagement, and constructive dialogue. Prior to joining the Office of Public Affairs in 2021, she worked in institutional research at Whatcom Community College, taught courses on inequality and social justice, supported program development for the Association for Bahá’í Studies, North America, and served as a program officer with the Bahá’í International Community’s former Office of Social and Economic Development. She holds a master’s degree in International Development Studies and Education Studies from Roskilde University in Denmark.