uMentor Talk Show

Imran Datoo is a pharmacist by profession. He studied at Aston University in Birmingham, UK and graduated in 2013. He has now been practising pharmacy for over five years.

Imran’s bigger passion in life is serving Allah (swt) and the Ahlulbayt (as) with the means of reciting Nawhas (lamentations) and Qasidas (religious poetry) in their honour. He believes that with the little he deserve, he have been blessed with the opportunity to serve them in this manner. With God’s Grace, Imran have had the opportunity to travel around the world reciting at different centres and meeting amazing individuals who he has learnt a lot from.

Imran prays that Allah(swt) accept all our ibadat (prayers). Ameen

As a dental hygienist Fatema’s job is to maintain the well being of her clients’ oral health. She first started as a dental assistant and got her first job as an assistant with Dr. Wilma Rho when she was 16. Dr. Rho actually trained Fatema to become an assistant and Fatema has never gone to assisting school. She has been a dental assistant for 10 years and a hygienist for 4. She went to school for a Bachelors in Biology at Rutgers University and then transferred to Eastern International College for Dental Hygiene. Dental Hygiene is a field that has lots of room for growth, you can either work clinically, go into teaching or even research. Hygienists work hand in hand with periodontist to make sure your gum health is taken care of and that your oral health is at its finest. They do oral cancer screening and some preventive dentistry such as sealants and scaling and root-planning.

An interesting fact about Fatema is that she actually wanted to be a novelist when she was growing up.

After working in HR for a number years, Tazeen realized her real passion was in helping people attain their dream jobs. She noticed that many close to her were struggling with putting their best foot forward and she knew the career potential each of them had. Offering her help with resume editing and interview coaching, Tazeen's clients started to see great results, getting more calls for interviews and more competitive offers.

Looking for a job, have an interview or just want to update your resume with a splash? For career direction and everything in between, Tazeen Raza has seen it all in her many years of working in HR. She makes it her job to land you your dream job!

Tamana Noory is Biologics Associate Manager at Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation. She received her BS in Bio and my MS in Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Tamana’s job duties and responsibilities include ensuring the safety in composing the drug substance and drug products for Novartis' Biologics drugs; warranting appropriate manufacturing of the drug, its product characteristics, and product testing in order to confirm that the product is safe, effective and consistent between batches. This all falls under the CMC (chemistry, manufacturing and controls) section in a BLA, NDA, or IND (different drug approval packages presented to the FDA before approval into the market). This section helps maintain the connection in quality between the drug used in clinical studies and the marketed drug as long as it's marketed.

Zainab Ahmadi, is a fourth year student at Rutgers University Newark, School of Criminal Justice. From her very own community in Parsippany, New Jersey, Zainab remains as the first and only girl to enter the field of criminal justice. Her passion to understand the science behind criminality has outweighed the odds she faced. With support from her family she strives to achieve her goal of becoming a criminal prosecutor.

On campus Zainab stays active by advocating for Shia Rights and has served as the founding Vice President of the Ahlul-Bayt Student Association. She has also been an active member of the Criminal Justice Club. Zainab hopes that her journey can set an example for younger generations and encourage them to study criminal justice.

Akeela Manekia-Mehdi is a Qur’an tutor and the creator of an app for Muslim children, Qur’an Treasure Island.

Akeela has had the opportunity to live in several states in the USA as well as the Middle East and Africa. She homeschooled through high school and eventually attended the University of Central Florida where she graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology.

She currently lives in Minneapolis, MN, where she is working endlessly to enhance the app with exciting updates, and promote it to the wider Muslim community via social media and live events.

Hadi Mirza works as a Technical Project Manager at Oracle Corporation. Within his role, he is responsible for leading a team of IT infrastructure engineers, developers, and architects through large projects within the Oracle Cloud Computing environment. His most recent projects involve the migration of applications into the Oracle Cloud environment and decommissioning data centers that have non-supported hardware. Prior to working for Oracle, Hadi was involved in various consulting roles where he was running projects for clients in the Houston and Austin area. Some of the projects included building out campus networks for a major non profit in Houston, and working with the City of Houston on software projects.

Hadi was born and raised in San Jose, CA and obtained an undergraduate degree in Business at the University of San Francisco, and an MBA from California State University Monterrey Bay. He relocated to Texas in 2015, and currently lives in Austin.

Salma El-Sayed is a recent graduate from Ryerson University. She graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Human Resources and minoring in Law.

Recently, she has put her business management education and passion for creating in the kitchen to open a Lebanese style cocktail cafe just outside of Downtown Toronto. She always had dreams of running her own business and with hard work, determination and support from her friends and family she was able to do so.

Salma is extremely thankful for this learning experience and is looking forward to grow and continue learning through her journey at Crème et Miel.

Sajid Alimohamed is a personal and professional development coach and trainer who helps brilliant young minds develop inner-confidence and people skills so that they rise and shine. He has been active in building youth leaders across North America for the past 8 years and has more than ten years of experience working in leadership roles for a variety of organizations. Currently Sajid gives his full-time attention to programming and running deeply impactful leadership retreats and training programs as the founder of LISTENING CONNECTS.

Sajid admits to making a poor decision when choosing his career path. As a result, the next 10 years ended up being a series of dissatisfaction at work and deep contemplation on life and how to contribute to this world. Today, Sajid is content, motivated, energized and grateful for the path that he is on and enjoys sharing what he has learned along the way. Sajid has been married for 14 years and has two amazing children. He was born and raised in Canada, loves the outdoors, loves to travel, loves to learn and experience new things and loves to help others do the same.

Eman, originating from Texas, graduated from Texas A&M University majoring in Visualization. After doing a brief contract in Dallas with an small animation studio named Brazen, she moved to Vancouver to work as a lighting artist at the visual effects studio, Moving Picture Company.

While in Vancouver, she worked on films such as Detective Pikachu, Aquaman, and Skyscraper. Just recently, she moved to the San Francisco Bay Area and is now working at Pixar Animation Studios as a lighting technical director.