Hazel Ali Hashi Aden is a member of the Degrassi class of 2006. She is a member of the popular group, but despite occasionally partaking in petty gossip, she is a good friend.She is best friends with Paige Michalchuk and good friends with Terri MacGregor, Ashley Kerwin, Spinner Mason, and Marco Del Rossi.She is among the group who shuns Ashley Kerwin after Ashley gets high at a party and makes a fool of herself. She is the first person Paige confides in about her rape, and Hazel is protective of Terri when her boyfriend, Rick, begins abusing her. She dates Jimmy Brooks and helps him through the fallout of the school shooting.Background: She was born in Somalia during that country's civil war, but her parents fled shortly after. She is Muslim, but initially hides this fact from her peers.She is on the Spirit Squad.After graduation she attends a university outside of Toronto.