Afshan Malik serves as the Director of Development at Rabata. She graduated with her Master’s degree in Nonprofit Management in 2019 from the University of Houston-Downtown and holds a Bachelor’s degree in English Language and Literature from Northeastern Illinois University. Afshan also completed the Certificate in Fundraising Management from the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. Afshan was born in Chicago, IL and raised in Atlanta, GA. She began her Islamic studies journey in 2001 at the Georgia Islamic Institute and has taken courses from local and international institutions. She began studying at the Ribaat Academic Institute in 2012, under the tutelage of Dr. Tamara Gray. Afshan is the author of a young adult novel titled Pieces, published by Daybreak Press. She is a weekend school teacher at an Islamic Society of Greater Houston masjid and regularly helps with youth halaqas, book clubs, and women’s programs. In addition the Ribaat Teacher Certification, Afshan holds an Ijazah in the Forty Hadith of Imam Nawawi. Afshan teaches at Rabata’s Dragonflies, Rabateens and women’s halaqat programs. She currently resides in Houston, TX with her husband and five children.