Faiza Masood, a New York native, will graduate from CUNY Hunter College with a major in Religion and a double minor in Arabic and Asian American Studies. Faiza has studied Arabic in Jordan and Morocco through prestigious study abroad grants such as the Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship and the Critical Language Scholarship. Faiza worked alongside faculty to establish Hunter College’s first interfaith club to promote understanding between students of different faiths in the face of anti-Muslim bigotry and violence. During her Marshall, Faiza plans to continue her interfaith work in the UK and pursue a MA in Islamic Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS).