Since the age of nine, I have been captivated by literature and composed poetry. During high school, I spent sleepless night reading and memorizing Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe and Voltaire. While writing has always been my passion, I studied French and Philosophy at the University of Vermont on track to become an international attorney. However, during my tenure at the University of Vermont, my mother who suffered renal complications, fell completely ill and I left school. For several years I stayed home to attend to my aging mother and father working full-time. When they passed, I was left searching for truth, the meaning of life and the correct way to worship God and found Islam. I then returned to my studies and became an accountant and wife.

After working for a few years, we decided to home school.  For the past five years, I have dedicated myself to educating our four children. I enjoy reading and writing about topics close to my heart: holistic living, Islamic traditions, and nurturing and healing through nutrition. A few of my articles have been published in the Muslim Link newspaper but am saving the best for the book that insha'Allah one day will be published.

I blog at http://livinginharmonymotherhood.blogspot.com/