User:Samera Al Ghazali

Early career Samera Al Ghazali was born in Palo Alto, a small affluent city in Northern California. Her father is of Yemeni decent and her mother of Lebanese.[1] She grew up in the affluent town of Atherton, California. She began to work as a model at a young age and has been met with much controversy for her sexually suggestive campaigns.[2] Al Ghazali has worked with notable designers such as Emilio Pucci, Alice and Olivia, Custo Barcelona, Azadeh and has appeared in FHM magazine, which was later removed when it was discovered that she was 17 years old and didn't have consent from her parents; Al Ghazali has also been featured in a variety of designer campaigns and magazines. She also made a name for herself as a notable gymnast. Al Ghazali began gymnastics classes in California at the age of 3. By the age of 10 she began competing internationally, earning her first U.S. National Team berth in 1995. At the age of 10 1/2 she earned 5 gold medals--gold in the team event, uneven bars, vault and floor exercise; silver in the all-around---at the year's Junior Pan Am Games. She has also participated in the 1998 World Artistic Gymnastics Competition, and was part of the Pre-Olympic National Team. Al Ghazali retired from gymnastics due to injuries sustained from years of stress most notably her rupture to the meniscus in the National Games.

Al-Ghazali attended Santa Clara University in Northern California, and graduated Summa Cum Laude in 2004 at the age of 19. She attended Harvard Law School fall of 2004 only to return after 1 semester. Al-Ghazali later attended Stanford Law School, and graduated with her J.D. in 2008; she was accepted into the California Bar Association as of June 2008.