Zahra Ali

Zahra Ali

Zahra Ali is currently a freshman at Augsburg University pursuing a degree in Sociology and English Lit. In the future, she hopes to use her experience growing up in both a tight-knit Somali community and a predominantly white school system to address issues of educational inequity and the opportunity gap, particularly in relation to race. She works as a mentor to the current Youth Advisory Council and leads youth leadership and youth-adult partnership training and is on the NYLC's Board of Directors.