CHICAGO (WLS) -- Nabeela Syed recounted a story of a friend who told her before the election that he never thought he would see a name like hers on hundreds of yard signs in their community.The 23-year-old Palatine native became the first Indian American woman and first Muslim, along with Abdelnasser Rashid, to be elected to serve in the Illinois General Assembly."It is so important for us to have a seat at the table, for us to have a voice in the legislative process," Syed said.Rashid, who plans to move from the southwest suburbs to Bridgeview, is also the first Palestinian-American to be elected to the legislature."I do believe that is the most effective thing that you can do as a legislator is to listen and that is what we did in our campaign," she said."