Lara celebrated her Bat Mitzvah on May 14, 2011, at Temple B’nai Torah in Bellevue.
Lara is the daughter of Suzanne and Joel Hakam of Sammamish. Her grandparents are Albert Goldstein of Newcastle and the late Libby Goldstein, and the late Helen and Louis Hakam.
Lara is a 7th grader at Pine Lake Middle School. She enjoys swim team, horseback riding and Girl Scouts. For her mitzvah project she is working with Purrfect Pets, a cat adoption and rescue agency, to sponsor unadoptable cats.