Waheeda is a licensed mental health clinician with over two decades of experience working with adolescents, families, and communities. She began her career as a Guardian ad Litem (child advocate) in the Florida Court System. Since 2008, she has been providing critical incident response services for the state of Massachusetts, including leading a mass casualty reunification team. Waheeda also assists both public and private institutions in developing crisis protocols for use in the aftermath of critical incidents.

In addition to her consultation services following traumatic events, Waheeda conducts national trainings on a range of issues, including crisis response, trauma, and suicide prevention. She is specifically trained in evidence-based trauma therapy modalities, such as EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), with a particular expertise in trauma and traumatic loss.

Imam Azhar Subedar is a Spiritual Leader and coach, a Pastoral Counselor, and a Strategic Consultant. He is the Development Director at the South Florida Muslim Federation. He was born and raised in the West. He was also educated on the Religion of Islam in the West. He graduated from his 10-year studies of Islam in the U.K. Being a Religious Scholar with a Master’s Degree in Islamic Sciences and Arabic Literature, his vision is to address the contemporary needs of the Muslim community by bringing relevance to the Holy text while confronting the social issues of today’s world from a moral perspective.

He has been serving the needs of Muslim communities across the United States of America, Florida, and beyond, since 2002. He is the First Muslim to give the opening prayer at the Florida State Capitol, and Florida Senate, and He delivered the opening prayer at the House of Representatives as well– Tallahassee, Florida.

Imam Azhar currently serves as the Imam at The Islamic Association of Collin County (IACC) in the heart of Plano, Texas. He is also the Author & Founder of the Quran Trek Application and the co-author of ‘I Am the Other’.