Aliyah Huerta-Leipner is from Santa Barbara, CA, and graduated from Boston University in the Spring of 2022 with a Bachelor’s in Economics and a minor in Jewish Studies. Aliyah has been a member of the BU NCAA Division I softball team for four years and is a member of the Israeli Women’s National Softball Team, which competes internationally. Aliyah plans to continue her graduate education next year by attending the Barcelona School of Economics to pursue the Economics of Energy, Climate Change, and Sustainability Master’s program.
“Pursuing a Jewish Studies minor has exposed me to courses and subjects that dealt with complicated and often difficult subjects. Studying these topics has helped me to learn how to confront and consider multiple perspectives on complex issues and further encouraged me to be considerate of people from all backgrounds. For graduate school and future employment, having completed this minor shows that my undergraduate education was about more than just preparing for a future career, but also about personal growth.” – Aliyah Huerta-Leipner