I am a bilingual mixed race, Arab-American, Muslim therapist. I was born in Tulsa, but grew up in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia as the youngest of four to a Saudi father and American mother. Helping others has been my calling since I was a child.

From a young age, I began volunteering to help children and families in need with my eldest sister. Since then, I decided to lead a life in service of others - one that cultivated compassion and care. This became especially true as I grew up and began to recognize the many ways that compassion and empathy was not readily available to me, and others like me, in my immediate community. 

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As an individual with a cultural and racial background different from those around me, I often felt lost and misunderstood in a world that did not seem to value my ambiguity. I have spent the better part of my life navigating those vastly different cultural and racial identities that I carry within me. Fitting in was challenging, as I rarely felt like I belonged to either one of my communities; and as a Muslim woman, I constantly battled with various social and cultural expectations. 

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After moving thousands of miles away from the only home I truly knew, one of the hardest things I have done, to pursue my graduate degree at Columbia University I started to reconnect with my purpose. I found myself being guided to reclaim myself and heal. I began doing tremendous amounts of inner work. I strived to know myself better so I may allow others to know me. I practiced self-love and found my own community. I unpacked generations of challenges and began the process of healing my mind, body, and soul. 

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Only then was I wholeheartedly able to grasp all the reasons I was led down the path I was on. I could finally comprehend how my various identities and life experiences reinforced within me that childhood drive to provide care, compassion, and empathy. That is what calls me to this work - my belief that helping others find healing is my purpose in this life. I do this work with you, because I wish to sit with you as you process your pain; laugh with you when you experience moments of joy; challenge you when it is hard for you to challenge yourself; and walk with you on the path you were called to take. All in hopes that you may find the solace you are seeking and:

peace you deserve.