Malala Yousafzai Set To Speak In Thousand Oaks Tuesday

AGOURA HILLS, CA — Activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai is set to speak in Thousand Oaks Sunday as part fo the Distinguished Speaker Series of Southern California.

Yousafzai is one of nine speakers in the series that includes former President George Bush, comedian Jay Leno and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bob Woodward. Yousafzai will speak in Beverly Hills, Thousand Oaks, Redondo Beach, Pasadena and Long Beach.

Tickets for Yousafzai's talk are sold out but readers can join a waitlist online. The lecture will take place Sunday at 8 p.m. at The Bank of America Performing Arts Center.

Yousafzai has been an outspoken activist since she was 10 years old and was the youngest-ever recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize at 17 years old.

Yousafzai's story caught global attention when she was shot by the Taliban in 2012 at the age of 15. At the time, Yousafzai was already an outspoken activist fighting for young girls' right to an education, according to the Distinguished Speaker Series. She went on to start a foundation, write three books and tour the world doing outreach and education.

Read more about Yousafzai's story on the Distinguished Speaker Series' website.