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Nadia Niazi
Founder and President
Nadia Niazi is the founder and President of FITRAH. She is a Canadian-American, an optimist, humanitarian and entrepreneur. After almost a decade as a business owner, she was driven to do something with the knowledge she had acquired running an online eCommerce store. She founded FITRAH by donating her store eStyleo and co-developed a social enterprise created for vulnerable youth to take charge of. Nadia is a strong advocate for equality and has made it her life-long mission to ensure that regardless of race, religion or gender, every youth be given the opportunity to thrive. |
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Sughra NajeebProgram Manager
Sughra Najeeb is our Program Manager at FITRAH. She has 25 years of business, marketing and project management experience gained in the UK and Canadian financial services industries. In her free time, Sughra's interests include foreign travel, music, literature and mindful living. Sughra has joined FITRAH as she is a firm supporter of building a fairer society with equal rights and equitable treatment for all humans, regardless of their race, creed, disability, gender or social background. |
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Imene Smati
Project Coordinator
Imene Smati coordinates several key projects for FITRAH. She has rolled out the new Facebook group, Empower Our Foster -Youth in Transition: Sacramento - Placer County to build awareness about the needs of foster-youth in our community as they age of of the system. She recently finished her first year at UC Santa Cruz. Imene joined our team with strong social media and marketing skills. She is also leading two Girl Scouts to achieve their Silver Awards with FITRAH with their project to create a system to collect books. In addition to the volunteer work at FITRAH, she also volunteers her time at the local library and at kids camps during the summer. |
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Zara Shaheen
Social Media Coordinator
Zara Shaheen is the Social Media Coordinator for FITRAH. Passionate about helping others and giving back to her community, Zara is a member of the National Junior Honors Society as well as Hands4Hope. She will be starting High School this Fall. Her subjects of interest are Computer Science and Technology. In her free time she loves expressing her creative side by sketching, drawing digitally and bullet journaling. Zara is dedicated to her goal of trying to ensure that all youth have the same opportunities in order to succeed. |
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Hadeel Muhareb
Marketing Director
Hadeel Muhareb is the Marketing Director for FITRAH. As a Palestinian-American, she has always had a passion for travel and has lived in various parts of the world. She studied Business Marketing at Sacramento State and received her Masters in International Business in London. She started out her career in Social Media and Digital Marketing while living in Dubai and then continued to develop her expertise when she returned to the US while working in San Francisco in Content Marketing and AdTech. Throughout her career she has enjoyed using her skills to support causes she believes in gain the attention they deserve online. Currently, her time is spent as a stay at home mother to two amazing little boys. Gratitude is what brought her to FITRAH and she hopes to help empower foster youth to not just survive but thrive. |
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Amreen KevalVolunteer Coordinator/Project manager
Amreen Keval is the Volunteer Coordinator/Project Manager at FITRAH. Born and raised in Africa, Amreen came to live in California as a teenager and completed her education in the Bay Area. After obtaining her Bachelors in Computer Information Systems, she spent some years working for the County of Alameda within the IT sector before moving to Rocklin. As a mother of three, Amreen has spent her recent years as an active member of the parent volunteer community in her children’s schools. In her free time, Amreen enjoys the challenge of home improvement projects and is not afraid to carry out minor home repairs. Amreen is committed to building stronger communities by supporting vulnerable youth through education, mentorship, and training programs. |
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riley foreman
Riley Foreman is the Online Store Coordinator for FITRAH. A Girl Scout since Kindergarten, Riley has always expressed a strong interest in community service and for two years in middle school, she served as the secretary for Hands4Hope. She also joined the National Junior Honors Society in eighth grade and is currently working to complete her Silver Award in Girl Scouts. In her free time, Riley enjoys digital art, hand lettering/calligraphy, and spending time with her friends and her sweet German Shepherd, Ruby. Riley is thrilled to support FITRAH’s mission to empower youth in transition to reach their highest potential.
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zarmeena shehryarPublic Relations Representative
Zarmeena Shehryar is FITRAH’s Public Relations Representative. She is committed towards working to empower those who need support through humanitarian work. During her MSc. at Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany she did extensive research on poverty alleviation programmes around the world. She has a wide ranging experience of working with international non-government development organisations to promote economic and social development for equality. She enjoys travelling and has lived in different countries including Germany, the Netherlands and Ireland. It is her passion to contribute positively towards uplifting those that are vulnerable in order to promote a more equitable society.
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Sara Carolina Gomez RiconGrant Writer
Sara Carolina Gomez Ricon is a
Psychologist with a Master Degree in Education. With a 10+ years of experience focused on the design, management and evaluate social programs; and in grant writing, fundraising research, strategic planning, primarily in programs of education, gender equality, and community development. Her experience has always been dedicated to working with vulnerable populations, as Colombians and as Psychologist she knows what working for equity is and working to offer better opportunities to those who need it most Ayaan kevalWebsite Manager
Ayaan Keval is the Website Manager for FITRAH. He is a high school sophomore at Granite Bay High School
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