Safiyyah Salaam currently serves as the Director of Student Services for a local Islamic School. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Spanish, a master’s degree in Collaborative Education with an English as a Second Language (ESL) endorsement, and a master’s degree in Educational Leadership. Safiyyah also serves as an instructor in Teaching Methodologies for Ribaat Academic institute, where she started in 2017.

Safiyyah started out her career in special education and eventually shifted to ESL where she worked as a team leader, peer coach, and as an ESL Coordinator for a charter school network. Safiyyah is a wife and proud mother of three daughters.