Prior to NRGI, Ahmed worked as a legal intern at the Detroit Center for Family Advocacy, an organization that provides legal services to low-income families to prevent the prolonged placement of children in foster care. In this internship, he made multiple appearances on the record for clients under attorney supervision. Ahmed holds a bachelor's of law (LLB) degree from the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. He is also an attorney member of the New York State Bar Association and is fluent in Arabic and conversational in Spanish.