Leela huzzah biography examples

Egyptian conservation biologist

Leela Hazzah is an Egyptian conservation biologist who works in Kenya and Tanzania. Hazzah grew up in Egypt, and completed her undergraduate and graduate degrees in the United States.

In 2007, Hazzah founded Lion Guardians, which works to protect lions in East Africa along with the indigenous Maasai people.^[1] In 2014, Hazzah was named one of CNN's "Top ten heroes" of 2014.^[1]

Childhood and education

Hazzah grew up in Egypt.

As a child, her family members told her stories of listening to roaring lions from the roof of their house, something that was no longer possible because lions were extinct in Egypt.^[2] Hazzah states that hearing this story inspired her to pursue lion conservation as a career.^[2] She earned her bachelor's degree in Biology from Denison University in Granville, Ohio in the US, graduating in 2002.^[3] While earning her master's degree in conservation Biolo