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Before transferring to the University of Houston in fall 2014, I attended Weatherford Community College and received my Associate’s in Arts and Science. At Weatherford Community College I was awarded a scholarship called Project Opportunity that paid for my two full years of schooling at Weatherford. At Weatherford, I was also recognized for academic excellence in Calculus II by the Mathematics Department and Chair at Weatherford College. I was also nominated as well as selected for the 2014 All-State Academic Team in recognition of my scholarly achievements at Weatherford. At the University of Houston, I was awarded the Transfer Excellence scholarship and I was also nominated for and awarded a Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship. I have also been awarded funding to be a calculus I undergraduate teaching assistant for the spring term. …show more content…

My largest involvement has been with the Cougars and Houston Area Math Program (CHAMP), which is a high school outreach program that brings students to the UH campus twice per week for math lessons and tutoring. (See < http://www.math.uh.edu/champ > for more details.) I have been a facilitator for the Monday lessons, and each week I volunteer 2 hours of my time to attend the lessons, work with students on the math activities, and serve as a mentor. In addition to CHAMP, I have also been involved with the Pi Mu Epsilon – Math Club in the UH Math department, and I have attended several of the club’s events.

In addition to my extracurricular Mathematics activities, I am a student in the Honors College, and I am an active participant in the UH Muslim Student Association and a volunteer for United Muslim Relief, a non-profit organization that provides humanitarian

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