At least one out of every four UCLA undergraduates was born outside the U.S. Student body president Marwa Kaisey is one of these "Upward Bound" students: her family fled Iraq. She is the first Arab and the first Muslim to be elected student body president.
". . . I consider myself an honorary member of all the groups," she told UCLA Magazine reporter Kristine Breese.
Upward Bound: Marwa Kaisey (UCLA Magazine)
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