Board Feature: Shaping Philanthropy
Learn how activist and advocate Nausheena Hussain is shaping her philanthropic work through a religious and cultural lens.
Nausheena Hussain's work is centered around uplifting and supporting the Muslim community, especially Muslim women.
She is the principal of Nissa Consulting, which is dedicated to providing services to Muslim-led nonprofits and organizing Muslim philanthropy. In addition, this avid reader is the co-founder and former executive director of Reviving the Islamic Sisterhood for Empowerment.
When Nausheena isn’t working in her community, the new Saint Paul & Minnesota board member is studying to gain her doctorate in Philanthropic Leadership from Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI).
Watch this fun and insightful interview to learn how Nausheena is creating a philanthropic legacy for the Muslim community, by amplifying the voices of Muslim women.
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