Meet Our Staff

  • Kindergarten Teacher

    Nada Allan was born and raised in Jerusalem, Palestine. She graduated from Al Quds University with a Bachelors’ degree in Medical Technology and worked in the laboratory of the Women’s Red Crescent Hospital. Nada is currently the Kindergarten and Arabic/Quran teacher at the Full-Time School and served as a volunteer at the San Francisco Islamic School Sunday Program. Nada has also taught Arabic and Quran in the SFIS after-school program.

  • Middle School science teacher, 7/8th grade ELA, History and Social Studies teacher

    Leticia Preza received her Bachelor’s in Science in Chemical Biology from UC Berkeley College of Chemistry.  She worked as a Chemist in the biopharmaceutical field before her role at the SF Islamic School.  Leticia has volunteered with several different non-profit organizations, including NISA and ING.  Started service with the SF Islamic School in the Fall of 2006 as an Islamic Studies teacher for the 3rd grade.  Has done administrative work to support several of the SF Islamic School projects and community events. 

  • 1st grade teacher and Upper level Arabic and Quran studies teacher

    Saousan Dajani graduated from the Faculty of Medicine School in Damascus, Syria, in 2001.  She took courses at the Kaplan School in San Francisco in 2009 and passed the US MLE clinical exam in 2011. Saousan has been teaching at the San Francisco Islamic School Sunday Program since 2010 (Arabic and Qur’an).  She taught at the after-school program for a few years.  Saousan is currently teaching in her 2nd year as the 2nd Grade Teacher and Arabic/Qur’an studies

  • Cofounder and School principal

    Kashif Abdullah received his Bachelors in Science in Electrical Engineering from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.  Prior to completing his undergraduate studies, he served in the United States Navy in the Electronic Warfare field.  Kashif has served as a San Francisco Islamic School teacher, administrator and board member since 2006.

  • Admissions Coordinator

    Shabnam Shaikh was born and raised in San Francisco. She has served as an Islamic Studies and Quranic Arabic Teacher at the Islamic Center of San Francisco for 7 years.  Shabnam has years of experience in tutoring Math and English Language Arts.  Shabnam is also a Certified Hijama Practitioner and pursues this technique in her spare time.

  • 5th and Middle school math teacher, KG and 1st grade Islamic studies teacher, and 2nd grade Quran teacher.

    Imen Omri received her bachelors in mathematics from the University of Science of Tunis in 2007. She has been teaching at the San Francisco Islamic school for five years. Imen is very patient and compassionate and loves teaching kids of all ages. In her spare time she enjoys exercising and baking.

  • 2nd grade academic and Islamic studies teacher

  • 3rd grade ELA, History, Science , Islamic studies and Quran

  • Arabic for 1st through 6th

  • 4/5 grade ELA, History, Science

  • 3,4, math and KG-3 PE

  • 4/5 Islamic studies, Quran teacher

  • Administrator/office staff

  • Teacher Nuha teaches 6th grade ELA and Social Studies as well as Middle School Islamic Studies. She is a graduate of Qalam Seminary in Texas, where she wrote a thesis on the Revival of Islamic Activism in America, and is currently pursuing International Relations at San Francisco State University. In her free time, Teacher Nuha enjoys reading, exploring beaches and hiking spots, and spending quality time with her family. She loves teaching at SFIS because she gets to inspire young minds to explore knowledge, strengthen their faith, and develop into confident, compassionate individuals.