Meet the 2016-17 Fellows
- Elizabeth Saiger is a Texan transplant who moved to Los Angeles a year ago. She is passionate about Education Reform and has worked in various Charter […]
- Ben Richards is currently a 4th year rabbinical student at Ziegler Rabbinical School in Bel-Air, California. A native of the San Fernando Valley, Ben received a […]
- Farzana Ali has received a double Bachelors of Science in Marketing and International Business, which lead her to work for a Fortune 500 company and travel […]
- Aaron is new to the Los Angeles region and works in development at the New Israel Fund. Aaron has a background in environmental consulting and planning […]
- Zaïda Mehnaz Saleh, born in Sri Lanka, having a Moorish background, Zaida was always exposed to diversity in a multi-ethnic island. Her father is of North […]
- Sarah Schreiber was born and raised in Los Angeles. She has worked in nonprofit organizations in a variety of roles. Since completing her graduate studies in […]
- Sufia Jafery has her Bachelors in Sociology, with a minor in Psychology from California State University Fullerton. She loves to travel and has had the opportunity […]
- Salman was born and raised in Karachi, Pakistan and finished his bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from NED University. He moved to US in year 2000 […]
- Nate Looney is a Los Angeles native, 5th generation farmer, aquaponic specialist, U.S Army veteran and entrepreneur. After 8 years in the US Army as Military […]
- Sharon Stein Merkin lives with her husband and 3 boys in west Los Angeles. Sharon works at UCLA School of Medicine, at the Division of Geriatrics […]
- Rachel is the American Jewish Committee’s lead staff member for ACCESS LA, AJC LA’s Young Professionals Leadership Program. She prepares the next generation of Jewish leaders […]
- Zohaib was born and raised in Southern California with Mission Viejo being his hometown. He graduated from UCI with a degree in Information & Computer Science […]
- Jess Kent is an alumna of the Interfaith Youth Core and served as Campus Relations Coordinator of Hillel at Brandeis University before graduating in 2009. Most […]
- Scarlet is an educator, writer, and licensed attorney. Having lived across California, she also spent significant time in Mexico, the U.K., Washington D.C., and Israel. She […]