11 Facts About Shiza Shahid

Shiza Shahid is a Pakistani entrepreneur, social activist, investor, and educator.

Shiza Shahid is the co-founder and former CEO of the non-profit Malala Fund, which promotes education for every girl, as well as the co-founder and co-CEO of Our Place, a direct-to-consumer brand of cookware.

Shiza Shahid is well-known as the personal assistant of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai.

Shiza Shahid was born and raised in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan.

Shiza Shahid spent her early teen years as a volunteer worker and as an activist.

Shiza Shahid worked as a volunteer at a relief camp following a deadly earthquake which struck Kashmir in 2005, killing nearly 85,000 people.

At the age of 18, Shahid received a scholarship to pursue higher studies at Stanford University and graduated in 2011.

Shiza Shahid returned to Pakistan in 2009 after hearing about the Taliban's ban against women's education.

Shiza Shahid has given lectures and speeches in universities in different countries on the subjects of women's empowerment and the importance of child education.

Shiza Shahid reached out to Malala's father Ziauddin and offered to assist Malala to achieve her dreams.

Shiza Shahid flew to Birmingham, where Yousafzai was hospitalized after being shot by Taliban members, to offer assistance to Yousafzai and her family to help them recover.