Kayla Mueller

Kayla Mueller
Born	Kayla Jean Mueller August 14, 1988 Prescott, Arizona
Died	c. February 6, 2015 (aged 26) Syria
Nationality	American
Education	Bachelor Degree in Political Science, Northern Arizona University (2009)
Occupation	Human rights activist, humanitarian aid worker

Kayla Jean Mueller (August 14, 1988 – c. February 6, 2015) was an American human rights activist and humanitarian aid worker from Prescott, Arizona. She was taken captive in August 2013 in Aleppo, Syria, after leaving a Doctors Without Borders hospital. Media had long reported that a 26-year-old American aid worker was being held by the Islamic State of Syria (ISIS) without naming her, at her family's request. Her captivity and death were widely reported upon confirmation of her death.

In October 2015, Kayla became the first person to be posthumously inducted into Northern Arizona University's college of Social and Behavioral Sciences Hall of Fame.

Mueller was a Christian and a native of Prescott, Arizona. After graduating from Tri-City College Prep High School in 2007, she attended Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona.

Mueller supported causes that supported humanitarian aid, human rights, youth mentorship, and environmental activism. Her involvement in human rights activism and humanitarian aid included working in India with Tibetan refugees. Her work in the Middle East included volunteering for the pro-Palestinian activist group the International Solidarity Movement and helping African refugees in Israel with the African Refugees Development Center. Other humanitarian and activist causes Mueller was involved in at home and abroad were Vrindavan Food For Life, which provides free food, education, and medical care for those in need; and during college, Food Not Bombs.

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