The Spice Magazine January 2015 | Page 12

Tell us about your early life.

I was born and raised in Tennessee, United States to Iraqi parents.

Along the way we moved to Boston and then other different cities.

I grew up in a western way because I lived there for a very long time,

but we always came back to our roots in terms of our view of life, work, and thoughts.

I studied finance at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, where I met my husband Chris,

who completes me in this life.

We came to Dubai in 2006 and here I feel like I’m home