Bushra Amiwala

Bushra has lived in Skokie since the age of 9 and is an alum of D73.5 schools. She attended Niles North High School, is a graduate from DePaul University, and is a current candidate at Kellogg, Northwestern University's School of Management. At the age of 21, Bushra became the first Gen Z Elected Official in the Country and was the youngest Muslim elected official in the country at the time. She currently is a Solutions Consultant at Google. Her favorite parts about Skokie are the rich diversity, the Festival of Cultures, her friends and family, and all of the fabulous nail salon choices! 

Languages: English, Urdu, Conversational Spanish, Reading Arabic

Committees:

• ED-RED Committee, 2019 - 2022
• ED-RED Executive Board - 2023 - 2025 
• Equity Committee, 2020 - 2025
• Equity Committee Chair, 2025 - present
• Finance Committee, 2022 - present
• Governance Committee, 2022 - present

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