Alara Engel
Alara is a senior at UCLA studying Cognitive Science and Public Affairs, with a background in child advocacy legal work at the Children's Law Center of California and a current judicial internship at the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. As Vice President of External Operations at the Middle Eastern Law Student Association and a student leader within UCLA's Office of the President, she has built a track record of creating programs from the ground up, including the Bruin Bridge Initiative and Chai Chats speaker series. She co-founded nala to bring her legal experience directly to the children and families she saw navigating the system without enough support.
Naz Engel
Naz is a Health and Human Sciences student at USC, minoring in Business, with hands-on clinical experience shadowing at Westwood Orthodontics and volunteering at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center. As Incoming External Relations Chair for Trojan Dance Marathon, USC's largest fundraiser for Children's Hospital Los Angeles, she has already built a foothold in pediatric health advocacy on her campus. She co-founded nala to address the gaps in oral and preventive health access she witnessed firsthand while working alongside children and families in clinical settings.