Abdulrahman Elrefaei was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and his family is from Egypt. He attended Hill Regional Career High School and is now attending University of Connecticut (Storrs) class of 2026. His current major is MIS (Management Information Systems) which is the study of people, technology, organizations, and the relationships among them. He participated in Yale’s Citizens Thinkers Writers program in the summer of 2021. He enjoyed expressing his knowledge through writing. Abdulrahman likes to always have something positive to do in his free time from playing basketball to riding his skateboard.