Sajeda Sultani

Educational Background

Bachelor of Arts, English Major 

Kabul University, Kabul – Afghanistan

Work Experience

In Kabul:

• Right after college graduation, got a job at the Office of United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Kabul. Within 6 months was promoted to the position of Secretary to the UNDP’s Resident Representative (equal to an ambassador). This was the very first time a local Afghan filled this position of an international staff.

In the US:

• Started as an accounts receivable clerk. After playing a key role in clearing a $100,000 cash imbalance, was promoted to the Assistant to the Director of the Accounting Dept. 
• Worked as Secretary to the Controller and the Treasurer of Occidental College (a Liberal Arts College) in LA.
• For more than two decades, worked within the management of a school district, 18 years of which was at a high school working with the Dean of Students.
• At the School District Office, served as the coordinator for two LA County programs  within the District, every year setting a new record in generating extra income for  the District from LA County, reaching half a million dollar right before my retirement.

Community Volunteer Work

• Co-founder of Afghan American Muslim Outreach (AAMO). Has served in different capacity as AAMO Vice President, Treasurer, and Executive Board Member since its inception.
• Has been in many different live TV programs, as a host and a guest, between 2006 and 2018 on Sada e- Haq, Wesal-e-Haq, and Islam in the West.

Languages:

          Dari, Pashto, English, Arabic (reading & writing & working knowledge

          of Arabic)