Dr. Sumera Raoof

is a physician who graduated from Dow University of Health Sciences and also earned her Masters degree in Public Health from USC. She has been working as a Research Physician for the past several years. She lives in Orange County with her husband and two children. She has a passion for community service and is active in helping Syrian refugees and organizing toy and food drives. She joined Niswa in 2017 as a board member inspired by the great work done by Niswa. Dr. Sumera believes in doing things with a purpose and what better purpose than to serve people. She strongly believes that we all have the capacity to positively impact other people’s lives by a simple smile, words of support, an ear to listen or to simply be there for those in need.