Who is Malala? What did she want to become?

Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani girl, of Pashtun ethnicity, who lived in the Swat Valley region. She is the daughter of Ziauddin Yousafzai, who was a vocal women's rights activist. Malala herself was a proponent of women's rights in Taliban-controlled Pakistan, and she attended the progressive Khushal School. When mullahs implemented Sharia law in the Swat Valley, the school and the Yousafzai family were considered targets because of their progressive social and political stance. Malala's father received death threats from the Taliban, but it was Malala who was injured in an assassination attempt by terrorists.
Fortunately for Malala, the then-teenage girl survived the violent assault and became even more active in promoting women's rights and anti-Taliban rhetoric. Malala received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014, and her memoir, I Am Malala, became a critically-acclaimed bestseller. Malala has stated that she wanted to become an education advocate, especially for girls and women.