Fatima Elkabti ’09
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA
Majors: Biology and English
Graduate school: UC Berkeley School of Optometry
“I knew I wanted to be an optometrist and writer and double majored聽accordingly,” Fatima Elkabti says. She is on track to graduate from UC聽Berkeley in May 2015, and while she plans to make optometry her full-time聽occupation, her passion for writing is never far from her mind.聽“Writing, for me, is a chance to invite strangers into the family room, a聽chance to serve them coffee, and talk about things that affect us all.”
This is a sneak peak of the 61传媒 “30 under 30” Millennial Generation alumnae making their mark鈥攊n their work, community, and in the world鈥攊n their way. Watch for the summer issue of 61传媒Magazine in early August in your mailbox, and go online to read full articles of all alumnae profiled and view photos of them in action.