Amal Clooney is an excellent example of a contemporary fierce leader whose intelligence, bravery, independence, power, grace, and human-kindness has been an inspiration to me. Similarly an immigrant from a middle eastern country, Mrs. Clooney, a well-known human rights' defender, has set an example of boldness in her field, where I first learned about her work defending the Yazidi women against ISIS in 2016. Bravely not only standing up for, but creating a platform for victims to speak out regrading the horrific events caused by the ISIS, Clooney has been fighting for injustice against women worldwide. Women's rights, an issue that I closely worked with as a teenager in Iran, has been a significant passion that encouraged me to immigrate to the United States alone at the age of seventeen to pursue higher education, and be able to help advocate, empower, and engage women at significant rates in their lives. Although my field may be different from Mrs. Clooney, her consistency, drive, and passion inspires me to continue my work as I embark on a new chapter studying Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU, also an alma mater to Mrs. Clooney. As a trained landscape architect, my goal has always been to raise the spirit of a community, especially those underserved through my work. For the past six years, I have held community meetings, cost-free design consultations, and community classes to help empower children and women in marginalized areas of cities such as Richmond, Virginia. Simultaneously, my research interests of the meeting point of environmental psychology and landscape architecture has led me to conduct independent studies on children's mental health and the impact of the surrounding environment on them, aiming to showcase that well-designed spaces is a human right and need, not a luxury. My award-winning thesis and followup research project has led me to believe that there is more that can be done with technological advances to bring these benefits to children, especially those within marginalized communities worldwide, which is my reason for returning to university for a second master's degree. My goal is to create platforms and accessible spaces that can ease the burden of mental challenges in children and women, through what I have learned in environmental psychology and elements of landscape architecture, such as healing gardens. Prior to this leap of faith, I had served for a number of years as a selected emerging professional at the American Society of Landscape Architects, and have been a guest speaker as multiple regional conferences, speaking on the significance of landscape design justice on mental wellbeing. Today, I am certain that my studies at NYU will bring us closer to creating environmentally just spaces through technological advances such as AR/VR, interactive surfaces, and permanent installations. Having women such as Amal Clooney, middle-eastern immigrants, to watch succeed in male-dominated fields in unique ways that display their areas of passion, concern, and expertise in brave, confident, and graceful manner is inspirational and encouraging as I embark on a new path, and I hope that one day I can be a display that bravery in a way that is unique to my interest in combining technological advances, landscape architecture, and human psychology, so that it can inspire another person to pursue their interests and passions fully.