Alia grew up on a horse farm in Freehold, New Jersey.  She is a junior in the Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy, and is a Health Care Policy Major, with an interest in Global Health Equity and Nutrition. She was a transfer student, but this will be her second year in Keeton. After graduating, she hopes to attend graduate school for public health, and would love to research the intersections between global health and nutritional sciences. She loves to read, hike, garden, and bake.

Some fun facts about Alia is that she is Puerto Rican and Egyptian, and both sides of her family were farmers! She loves trying new things and is trying to learn how to crochet.