VELA’s 2023 With You: A Blessed New Year
We are so grateful to have spent 2023 with you VELA girls! You inspired us every day and we cannot wait to see what we have in store for next...
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VELA Game Changer: Zaynab Issa
Zaynab Issa is one of those girls that fit a week into a day. She self-published the cookbook Let’s Eat, filled with delectable looking East African Indian recipes all while...
VELA Game Changer: Isra Chaker
Isra Chaker inspires us to use our voice to make positive change in the world, and we are honored to have her as our next Game Changer. She serves as the...
VELA Game Changer: Layla Shaikley
Layla Shaikley is one a kind and we are thrilled to have her as our next Game Changer. She is the co-founder of software company, Wise Systems, that recently raised...
VELA Game Changer: Malika Bilal
We are so excited to feature Malika Bilal, a game changing journalist who is a pioneer in her field. She co-hosted and digitally produced The Stream, an Emmy-nominated interactive news...
VELA Game Changer: Rana Abdelhamid
Our VELA community is full of women who are making an impact and changing the game. We wanted to highlight these extraordinary women and the important work they’re doing. So...
Defining Our Identity: with Khadija Sillah
We’re starting to feature VELA girls from our wonderful community! Beautiful, unique, witty are some of the words that come to mind when we think of Khadija. We sat down with...