Naila Barlas lives in Diamond Bar, California with her husband of 20 years and 3 teenage kids. She came to the US in 1996 to continue her education at St. John’s University, NY. Currently, she holds a Real Estate Broker License as well as Mortgage Loan Broker License Endorsement from the Department of Real Estate, California. She and her family are actively involved in their local community. She is the Co-Chair the President position at South Asian Parent Association at Diamond Bar High. She is also the member of Board of Directors for DBCF (Diamond Bar Community Foundation) and WVEF (Walnut Valley Education Foundation). She feels a great need to have dialogues between people of different faiths and works to further to cause every day.