Name: Amber Alirahi

Recipient Year: 2024

Major: Globalization, media, and identity

Description: Amber Alirahi is a Muslim Pakistani-American and incoming 1L Student at Haub School of Law (Pace University). Graduated with a BA in Individualized Study from the NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study where she created a project on globalization and the representation of identity in media with a focus on displacement. She also co-founded a chapter of MDA at NYU to help Muslim women pursue their professional and spiritual goals. She is passionate about social justice, human rights advocacy, religious education, and community service. She hopes to pursue either public interest or tech law and is motivated to continue being a leader for young Muslim women in her community.

School Name: Pace University

Sponsor: Muhammad and Kulsum Zikar Scholarship

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amber-alirahi-80a12819b/