User:Selaimannoori

Selaiman Noori is a first generation Afghan-American born in the San Francisco Bay Area and raised in Northern California. His father, Nader Noori, is a gifted civil engineer specializing in water resources, specifically aqueducts, levees, and dams. His his mother, Najia Noori, is a specialist in child development who worked with inner city teenage mothers for over 20 years. Selaiman's parents and older sister, Maira, are refugees who fled from their home country of Afghanistan when the Soviet Union invaded in 1979.

At the time, his maternal grandfather was a general in the Afghan Army and a fierce opponent of the communist ideals taking hold in the Afghan government at the time. As a result, his family was a major target during the invasion, which forced them to escape the country immediately. With little resources and working odd jobs, Selaiman's family set new roots in Northern California where his parents worked tirelessly to make sure their children took advantage of the opportunities available to them in the United States. As a result of their hardwork, Selaiman graduated from the University of California, Davis in 2005 with a bachelors degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and a masters degree from Loyola University Chicago in 2007. At the age of 24 Selaiman became an instructor of nutrition at Carrington College California.