Nigerian-American Osaremen Okolo has been named by the president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden, as his COVID-19 policy advisor.
Biden is expected to be sworn in on January 20.
26-year-old Okolo was among 100 names announced as additional members of the White House staff by the Biden transition team on Wednesday.
Born to Nigerian parents from Edo State in southern Nigeria, Okolo was born and raised in Massachusetts and currently serves as a senior health policy advisor at the US House of Representatives.
She graduated with honours from Harvard University in 2017 with degrees in medicine and African-American studies.
She has also worked as a legislative aide for health policy at the United States Senate.
Okolo previously served as Legislative Aide for Health Policy on the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) for Ranking Member Patty Murray of Washington.
She also worked for US Representative Jan Schakowsky of Illinois as a legislative aide for the health policy advisor.
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Her work consisted of drafting, negotiating, and managing the congresswoman’s legislation, oversight, and policy concerning the comprehensive health care and public health agenda.