<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/student/maliat_chowdhury_profile.html" dsn="blogs"><pubDate>07/23/2025 10:52:27 AM</pubDate><title>Maliat Chowdhury: Law, Advocacy, Resilience</title><description>For Maliat Chowdhury ’25, the pursuit of justice is personal. Witnessing her family’s political persecution in Bangladesh led her to California Western’s MSW-JD program, where she has grown into a powerful advocate and ally for those who suffer from systemic injustice.</description><image><img src="/media/images/news/2025/07/maliat_chowdhury_800x452.png" alt="Maliat Chowdhury (2nd from right) with her fellow law students"/></image><hide_image>true</hide_image><author/><author_link/><hide_author/><categories><category>Student News</category></categories></item>