Aleem Anwar is currently studying in grade 8th at the Singapore American School. His expertise is in writing stories, both long and short. He also writes short biographies of authors and featured articles. He was inspired by his parents to utilize his time productively and to do an internship in summers. Additionally, he believes that this would be a great learning experience for him where he will not only acquire new skills but will also meet new people. He expects it to be a unique experience for him with various learning opportunities.

Natalia Aslam Khan recently completed 9th grade from Headstart School. She was born in Northern California and lived there for approximately seven years before moving to Pakistan. She reminisce her memories of her early years in the US and loves to refresh them whenever her family gets an opportunity to visit. Her family moved to Karachi as the headquarters of the company her father works for was based there. After an initial turbulent experience in Pakistan, they soon adjusted to the new lifestyle. Her passion for sports developed there. She particularly relishes sports such as basketball, swimming and soccer. She is also an avid reader and one of her favorite books is “The Kite Runner” by Khalid Husseini. She loves to travel and her favorite destination is Austria, Europe.

She has a strong desire to volunteer especially in the areas of educating children, building confidence in them and improving the lives of the impoverished population of Pakistan. She inherited this passion of volunteering from her father who used to teach underprivileged students in the US. Her aunt, who is just a few years older than her, has also given her motivation to pursue this aspiration of her and she intends to be steadfast in the pursuit of this goal.

Natalia considers CLF to be an inspiring and enlightening movement, and is honored to be a part of this journey. She looks forward to meeting new people and finding ways to help the underprivileged to have an uplifting experience.

Suleyman Anwar is 13 years old and studies in grade 8th at the Singapore American School. He is passionate about writing short stories; both fiction and non-fiction. Additionally, he writes analysis of news articles as well and makes it into a featured article.
He chose to intern here as he wants to guide the underprivileged children on how to write creatively. Additionally, he wants to read children’s literature and to summarize the various works to facilitate the children.