Name: Syeda Malliha

Recipient Year: 2021

Major: Law

Description: As a Bangladeshi immigrant and first generation student, Syeda is committed to reimagining how historically underserved communities can thrive. After graduating from law school she pursued a career in public criminal defense. Syeda's favorite lines of literature are from Toni Morrison’s Beloved: “the only grace they could have was the grace they could imagine. That if they could not see it, they would not have it.” She believes defense work targeting systemic racial injustice is integral to seeing (and thereby having) a world less cruel than our present carceral reality.

School Name: Harvard University

Sponsor: Afzal Family Foundation|Muslim Community Association of the Bay Area (MCA) Scholarship

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/syeda-malliha-0b779a102/