Alia lives on a horse farm in Freehold, New Jersey. She is a senior in the Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy, and is  Health Care Policy Major, with an interest in public health research and community engagement. She was a transfer student, and this will be her third and final year in Keeton. After graduating, she hopes to work in the public health field before attending graduate school for public health. She loves to read, run, 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 a mom to the cutest long haired kitten named Mushu.