Farid Saydee

Educational Background

• Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, Kabul University
• Master of Business Administration in Global Management, University of Phoenix
• Ph. D. in Education with focus on Second Language Acquisitions, Claremont Graduate University

Work Experience

• President, Language Mentors International (LMI)
• Adjunct Professor at the School of Curriculum and Teaching at Kean University
  

Community Volunteer Work

• AAMO Board Member
• Member of the Board of Trustees, National Museum of Language.
• Dari and Pashto Language Representative, Coalition of Community-Based Heritage Language Schools

Author or Co-author of:

• Multiple Dari and Pashto textbooks
• Afghan Backgrounder
• Who are the Afghan Newcomers? Understanding the Background and Socio-cultural Strengths and Needs of Afghan Evacuees to the U.S.
• Certificate Course: Cultural and Practical Considerations for Working with Afghan Client. Switchboard/IRC, 2022
• A number of scholarly articles

Languages: Dari, English, Pashto, Persian-Farsi, and Urdu