Prior to joining SPIA as an MPA student, Mahnoor spent six years in the development sector in Pakistan. She worked at the Centre for Economic Research in Pakistan (CERP) and the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), implementing randomized controlled trials in domains as diverse as education, property taxation and air pollution. Mahnoor holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Lahore University of Management Sciences. At Princeton, she looks forward to studying macroeconomic and financial policymaking, particularly in the context of emerging economies.