Law Scholarship Recipients

Name: Nayzak Wali-Ali

Recipient Year: 2019

Major: Law (Civil Rights)

Description: Nayzak Wali-Ali is a graduate of UC Berkeley, double majoring in Legal Studies and Ethnic Studies. She was 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 served 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. 

School Name: UC Davis

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

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