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  • Name: Mohsin Mirza

    Recipient Year: 2020|2019

    Major: Law

    Description: Mohsin Mirza is a 2021 graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. He was born and raised in the Bay Area. At Berkeley Law, Mohsin was the Chair of the Coalition for Diversity and helped to lead initiatives to improve campus climate, faculty diversity, and academic skill building. He also assisted asylum applicants at the California Asylum Representation Clinic. He was also an Associate Editor for California Law Review, a Submissions Editor at the Asian American Law Journal, and a member of the Berkeley Law Muslim Law Students Association.He earned his B.A. in Sociology and Black Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara where he completed a senior thesis that examined the role that Islam plays in American prisons. While at UCSB, Mohsin served as the Undergraduate Chair of the UC Student Association. He hopes to ultimately use his education in the law as a tool to advance civil rights and immigrant-rights.

    School Name: UC Santa Barbara

    Sponsor: San Ramon Valley Islamic Center (SRVIC) Scholarship|Azza Shamseldin Scholarship

    LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohsin-mirza-864a9492/