Zakia is a second year history honors student who has a passion for social justice. She is extremely proactive and is involved in a multiplicity of activities. She knows JAVA and Python and used these skills to create a website to connect workers such as carpenters to employers.
Zakia has even been involved in research at college and worked on a project studying the history of architecture and related technology. She has five siblings and her father works in bag manufacturing.
“I love finding new opportunities and figuring out how to help others,” she told us during her interview.