Hala Khalifeh – Class of 2012

Hala graduated from the University of Southern California in 2022 from the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. She received a degree in Journalism with a minor in Arabic. Throughout Hala’s education and career path, it was evident that she was creative and a storyteller through and through. Hala launched her business, Halaballoo, in 2020 while she was a junior in college. Its purpose, at the time, was solely to serve as a creative outlet, but since then, it has grown into so much more.

I recall the transition from New Horizon to a public school being a seamless one. New Horizon equipped me with the resources and tools to navigate the public school setting in a confident manner, while also staying true to myself and my roots.