Meet Our People

The Members of The Risala Institute are very diverse and represent various age groups, ethnicities and backgrounds.

Board of Directors

Atiba Saleem Jones - Founding Director/Board Chairman

Karima Al-Amin - Vice-Chair

Mansour Ansari - Treasurer/ Director of Fundraising

Aminah Darden - Secretary

Dr. Rashid Naim

Dr. Daaiyah Saleem

Muhammad Abdul-Haqq Mendes

 

Teachers (Adult Courses)

Ustadh Muhammad Abdul-Haqq Mendes

Ustadh Yusuf Faruq

Ustadh Jibril Esa

Shaykh Salah Wazir

Ustadh Jamal Ud-Deen Hysaw

Risala Islamic Academy Staff

Jameelah Abdur-Rashid (Principal)

Karla Evans - Language Arts/ Latin Teacher

Sabria Mills - Kindergarten Teacher

Kassim Zaid - Math/ Islamic Studies Teacher

Sharnell Prather - Social Studies Teacher

Rana S. Ibn Majdoub Hassani - Pre-K Teacher

Raheemah - Pre-K Teacher

Nisrine- Arabic/Quran Teacher