{"id":3243,"date":"2021-01-20T21:38:36","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T02:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ny4syrians.org\/vols-new\/"},"modified":"2022-04-09T18:26:54","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T22:26:54","slug":"our-volunteers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ny4syrians.org\/our-volunteers\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Volunteers"},"content":{"rendered":"
Dr. AlMahamid is the founder of New York for Syrian Refugees.<\/span><\/p>\r\n Ilham is a scientist with the NYS Department of Health and a faculty member with the School of Public Health at UAlbany. She is a US citizen who migrated from Damascus, Syria in 1984. She studied in France and worked in Berkeley,\r\n CA for 14 years before she came to Albany in 2005.<\/p>\r\n Ilham enjoys bringing people together and lending a hand to those who need it. She considers it a blessing and an honor to help new immigrants and to work with such a beautiful community.<\/p>\r\n \r\n Hajar Alrifai is one of the initial members who assisted in launching the Facebook page of the organization.<\/p>\r\n Hajar is a student pursuing a Bachelors of Architecture at City College of New York. She hopes to someday use her degree for international humanitarian causes like rebuilding war-torn cities in Syria.<\/p>\r\n Hajar is proud of her identity as a first generation Syrian-American, and is honored to assist in welcoming Syrian new comers to America and helping them make a new home here.<\/p>\r\n \r\n Omar Alrifai is a first generation Syrian American. He is currently a Junior at UAlbany pursuing a degree in Biology. He hopes to become a doctor, and to use his degree to attend to the medical concerns of people affected by war across the globe. He loves being a part of New York for Syrian Refugees and connecting with new families in the region.<\/span><\/p>\r\n \r\n Jo Anne Assini is a volunteer tutor with New York for Syrian Refugees. She is retired and lives with her husband and their four rescue dogs in Schenectady. She has been a children\u2019s librarian, child abuse prosecutor and served\r\n as a Family Court Judge for ten years.<\/p>\r\n Jo Anne feels grateful to be able to work with such kind and generous people. Her favorite Syrian food is fattoush.<\/p>\r\n \r\n
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