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Meet Alia

Social Entrepreneur. Facilitator. Convener.

Your partner to create impact.

Alia is an engineer by training, and a serial social entrepreneur in practice. She is a heart-led leader with a passion for deep listening, nourishing wellbeing, and transforming systems that underpin challenges. She has started and led two successful non-profits and now partners with others to amplify their impact.

Education:

  • B.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • MPhil. in Development Studies - Oxford University, Rhodes Scholar

  • 17 years of learning from incredible young people to inform her work and approach

“I’ve been in this work for 20+ years and have seen a lot of people come into San Francisco with these grand ideas about how to support foster youth. I met Alia and was like… ‘wow, she’s thinking big here.’ And, she did it. I think what she’s done - and how she’s done it - is amazing.”

—Jen Daly, Senior Staff Attorney at Legal Services for Children

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