Soad Altaai

Soad is from Iraq and moved to the U.S. in 2010. She is passionate about representing her community, helping refugees, and making sure that refugee voices are heard. She is a child care educator, a cultural coordinator with the Pamoja program, and a peer mentor with Lifespan Local. Soad has been working as an Arabic interpreter with the African Community Center (ACC) since 2019. She is in her final year at the Metropolitan State University of Denver majoring in early childhood and minoring in human services. Soad’s goal in life and through her career is to empower women and to help them navigate through any barriers they may be faced with.