Name: Mala

Nickname: N/A

Pronunciation: MA-la

Age: 6

Nationality: Indian

From: Rudarpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

Favorite Subject: Art

Favorite Hobbies: Painting, drawing and sculpting

Dream: To be a world-famous artist

Mala never knows when her creative juices will start flowing, so she always carries a paintbrush in one pocket and a clump of clay in the other—ready to create some art. She’s Quantum Elementary’s resident artist. Whether doodling on her math homework or sculpting a statue, everything she does is a masterpiece. When Mala grows up, she’s going to be a world-famous artist. She loves to paint more than anything, and you can tell by all the paint smears on her clothes. She likes Mr. Rife’s fieldtrips because no matter where they go, she sees new things to paint. She’s best friends with Shoni, so Shoni has dozens of paintings of herself. But in most of their class collages, Tien is front and center because Mala has a crush on him (but will deny it if anybody mentions it).

Her World Abundance Project is to preserve the fresh water resources throughout the world. She wants to keep leaks, rivers and streams clean from pollution and contamination, as well as educate people on not wasting water, so everyone in the world will have enough clean water for the rest of their lives.

Mala lives downtown in a converted art studio. She’s the only child in her family.   Her dad is a farmer at the organic farms and orchards that grow all the food for the City of Abundance. Her mom is a guide at the City Cultural Center.

Mala has a knack for seeing the best in people—and she paints them that way. She’s very encouraging and helps others get excited to live up to their potential. She hopes through her art, she can help people see just how unique, special and individual they are. Mala believes if we all treat people as if they were their best selves, we will change the world.