Haleema Adly, a freshman nursing major from Columbia, has used her life experiences to become an educator and advocate for multicultural people. She had the opportunity to share her perspective at South Carolina’s #ThisIsUSC storytelling event, which highlights the diversity of the community.

"I couldn’t withhold information that others wanted to know; not only was that cheating others, but it would lead to a static world in which nothing changes because I am not allowing it to do so. I look at all of the people in my life who I think are amazing and really changed my own viewpoints, and they are all people who took action through speech and putting themselves out there for the world to see and hear."