Nawal Bengholam is originally from Casablanca, Morocco. She grew up there and after high school spent a year in Paris, Madrid and Barcelona, then moved to San Diego to do her pre-medical studies at the University of California, San Diego. She double majored in Animal Physiology & Neuroscience and French Literature.She got very involved with several non-profit medical organizations such as Medicine for Humanity and The Flying Samaritans and worked on the field as well as behind the scenes in fundraising. Because she is fluent in French and Arabic, she also pursued a career in multimedia adapting software to foreign markets, and worked full time while in school.During her last year at UCSD, she took a couple of acting classes as electives and caught the bug instantly. Even though socially conscious, she decided not to pursue a career in medicine but rather acting which has proved to be a stronger passion.In her spare time, she loves to travel, read, do yoga, and cook big meals, red wine in hand while listening to Andrea Bocelli VERY loud! And then, there's her love for shoes...