Name: Nayzak Wali-Ali

Recipient Year: 2019

Major: Law (Civil Rights)

Description: Nayzak Wali-Ali is a rising junior at UC Berkeley, double majoring in Legal Studies and Ethnic Studies. She is involved on campus as the Leadership Development Director of the Black Student Union, member of the committee for PAC-Dawah conference for the Muslim Student Association, an intern at the Berkeley Law School, and will serve as the Vice-Chair of the ASUC Diversity Commission. She has also served within her community at the Sacramento Youth Commission, the Imani Legal Clinic, as an intern for Congresswoman Matsui, an International Peace Ambassador with the One Voice Peace Project, and a youth representative on the Sacramento City Unified African American Achievement Taskforce.Nayzak hopes to become a human rights lawyer to protect underserved communities’ freedoms and liberties. UPDATEI have begun my education at UC Berkeley.  I plan to continue expanding my network in Berkeley and dedicating my time to my community.

School Name: University of California, Davis

Sponsor: CAIR-SFBA Scholarship|Council on American-Islamic Relations

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nwaliali/