WRITER | PRODUCER | ACTOR | FILMMAKER | PUBLIC SPEAKER
Engaging Storyteller as Change Agent, communicating stories to enrich, inspire, and instill hope, leading with enthusiasm, integrating diverse groups with equity and inclusion, and increasing access to resources for all people.
DOCUMENTARIES / DRAMAS ▪ FICTIONAL NARRATIVES ▪ PUBLIC SPEAKING ▪ SOCIAL MEDIA EXPERTISE ▪ DIVERSITY
CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING ▪ DYNAMIC COMMUNICATOR ▪ PROJECT MANAGEMENT ▪ RELATIONSHIPS ▪ STRATEGIC THINKER
VERBAL / WRITTEN COMMUNICATION ▪ SHORT LEARNING CURVE ▪ CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT ▪ FIRST AID & CPR
TECHNOLOGIES: ACCESS | ADOBE | BANNER | EXCEL | OUTLOOK | POWERPOINT | WORD | APPLE & MICROSOFT PLATFORMS
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CO-FOUNDER | EAT WITH MUSLIMS | HTTPS://EATWITHMUSLIMS.ORG/ | 2017 TO PRESENT
PROJECT DESIGNED TO CONNECT NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITIES OF DIFFERENT FAITHS AND CULTURES | FEATURED ON TODAY SHOW 2019
FREELANCE WRITER, FILMMAKER, AND STORYTELLER | 2010 TO PRESENT
SCREENPLAY | GO HOME | FEATURE FILM ABOUT A SYRIAN REFUGEE STORE CLERK WHO COMES TO AMERICA DURING TUMULTUOUS 2016 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN AND BECOMES A TARGET FOR A WHITE SUPREMACIST GANG IN SEATTLE
SCREENPLAY | GRAPES OF HEAVEN | STORY ABOUT A HEARTBROKEN SOMALI-AMERICAN WOMAN AND A WRITER VISITING BERBERA, SOMALILAND, WHERE FAMOUS POET BODHERI DIED OF A BROKEN HEART IN THE 1930S
AUTHOR | MAHADHO | HILL PRESS, SOMALILAND; SELF-PUBLISHED IN LULU.COM | LOVE STORY BETWEEN A FIRST-GENERATION SOMALI-AMERICAN YOUNG WOMAN AND A YOUNG MAN WITH A SOMALI FATHER AND BI-RACIAL AMERICAN MOTHER; YOUNG WOMAN’S FAMILY DISAPPROVES AFTER LEARNING THE YOUNG MAN’S FATHER BELONGS TO A SOMALIAN UNTOUCHABLE CASTE | 2021
PRODUCER / DIRECTOR | PURSUED | STORY ABOUT A YOUNG SOMALI-AMERICAN MAN IN THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS, WHILE BEING PURSUED BY SOMETHING ELSE | SEMIFINALS IN CAIRO INDIE FILM FESTIVAL AND JHARKHAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL; NOMINATED FOR BEST DIRECTOR FOR SHORT FILM IN 2021 | 2019
ACTOR | ERIC TRETBAR’S FIRST PERSON PLURAL | PLAYED BARKHAD ADIRAHMAN AND FAYSAL AHMED’S MOTHER IN A MODERN-DAY ROMEO AND JULIET TALE | 2017
ACTOR | MUSA SYEED’S AWARD-WINNING STRAY | PLAYED BARKHAD ABDIRAHMAN’S MOTHER IN A STORY ABOUT A YOUNG MUSLIM REFUGEE IN MINNEAPOLIS WHO CROSSES PATHS WITH A STRAY DOG | 2016
HOST OF MULTIPLE PROGRAMS | TWIN CITIES PBS | INCLUDING DOCUMENTARY GIVING THANKS
PRODUCER / DIRECTOR / ACTOR | THE LOBBY | STORY ABOUT CULTURAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN A WHITE MAN AND SOMALI-AMERICAN WOMAN IN MINNEAPOLIS | PREMIERED AT MINNEAPOLIS-SAINT PAUL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL | 2015
AUTHOR | THE IMPERCEPTIBLE PEACE MAKER | SELF-PUBLISHED GRAPHIC NOVEL OF VIGILANTE JUSTICE—SUPERHERO PROTAGONIST AND TECH BILLIONAIRE CREATE A SUIT OF INVISIBILITY TO FIGHT TYRANNY AND INJUSTICE AROUND THE WORLD | 2014
PRODUCER | BROKEN DREAMS | DOCUMENTARY EXPLORING COLLECTIVE OUTCRY AGAINST RECRUITMENT OF SOMALI YOUTH IN MINNESOTA BY RELIGIOUS FANATICS FOLLOWING THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE YOUNG SOMALI MEN AFTER THE FBI LAUNCHED LARGEST US COUNTER-TERRORISM INVESTIGATION SINCE 9/11 | 2011