Princess Aliyah chose a path to provide an interdisciplinary education and means to achieve real world solutions through a global network of scientists, researchers, academics, engineers and students. A pioneer in education, the Princess has created mission focused programs that integrates art, science, and technology as enablers for innovation and invention. She has engaged individuals, organizations, business leaders, universities and governments throughout the world in collaboration to protect endangered wildlife, the broader earth ecosystem, and the role of our planet in an evolving cosmology. Princess Aliyah is an inspirational and innovative inventor and educator with a vision to change the world through tools of knowledge. Drawing on her success in real estate, business, and international finance, Princess Aliyah founded KwF in September 2008. Her approach is to enlighten through education and communications to make people aware of the broader context in which they live, and empower with technological inventions and financial infrastructures within which communities can flourish. "When art, science, and technology are combined with theoretical and practical learning activities, people can have better understanding of the broader context innovation and invention play in the improvement of civilizations. Through the DaVinci Challenge, participants are encouraged to focus on a potential change to improve the world, then build a drone to help achieve that change." Under the direction of Princess Aliyah Pandolfi, Kashmir World Foundation has developed a unique approach to help people evolve from dependency on others for basic necessities, to cultivating leaders within a sustainable community. As a descendant of royals from Kashmir, a country struggling to combat poaching of endangered Snow Leopards, Princess Aliyah has a full understanding of the costs of poaching, habitat destruction, and challenge faced by conservationists.