Amani Rimawi was born and raised in the suburbs of Chicago into a Palestinian American family. She received her bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Northwestern University and worked in roadway and railroad design before settling down to start a family. She recently moved to central Indiana where she resides with her husband and 4 children. She has a passion for exercise and physical fitness and worked as an online fitness coach for 4 years. Before moving, Amani was a volunteer at her local masjid as a Sunday school teacher as well as serving on the masjid board of directors. She has been organizing halaqat for women and teen girls for many years, and is currently a women’s halaqa teacher at Rabata. She has been a volunteer with the Ribaat Academic Institute since 2016 and at local nonprofits since 2018. Most recently she has taken on homeschooling her daughters and is working towards her ijaza in tajwid. In her free time, Amani has begun exploring the local parks and other attractions in her new city. Amani has a deep love for coffee and chocolate, and enjoys trying new coffee places whenever she is travelling with her family.