Fatima Sadaf Saied

Fatima Sadaf Saied

Fatima Sadaf Saied is Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Muslim Women’s Organization (MWO) based in Orlando, Florida. She is the daughter of Pakistani immigrants and a life-long Floridian who graduated from the University of Miami with a degree in Psychobiology, and completed her Masters in Philanthropic Studies at Indiana University’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy where she is now pursuing her Professional Doctorate in Philanthropic Leadership. In 2010, Fatima helped establish MWO, a nonprofit dedicated to building the power of Muslim women to create spaces where they feel seen, heard and safe. During her time with the MWO, she has served as the United State of Women Ambassador for Florida, and currently represents her local Muslim community on Central Florida Public Media’s Community Advisory Board. She has been in the cohorts for the Center for Women Faith and Leadership’s Fellowship, Bayan Islamic Graduate School’s inaugural “Caring Communities: Taking On Gender-Based Violence” certification program for Muslim leaders, the American Muslim Civic Leadership Institute Fellowship, Feminist Organizing School, and the Zakat Foundation Institute’s Fellowship in Muslim Philanthropy and Humanitarian Studies. Additionally, she is one of the co-founders and serves on the Board of Directors of Eid Orlando, an organization dedicated to establishing family-friendly Muslim holiday celebrations in Central Florida.  She is a breast cancer survivor who finds joy when surrounded by her husband and five children taking road trips, playing board games, and singing Karaoke.

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