Meet the Team

 
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ADASHA TURNER

Founder

Adasha Turner, CNIM R EEG T is a retired self-taught Board Certified Surgical/ Clinical Neurophysiologic Specialist (IONM). Owner of Adasha Turner Neurodiagnostic Services with prior employment and contracts at UW Rehab, Stanford Traumatic Brain Injury Institute, Harvard Massachusetts General Hospital and University of Arizona.

She performed real time  biofeedback studies including mapping of the eloquent cortex of the brain, spinal cord and nerve conduction pathways during Neurosurgery, Cardiovascular and Orthopedic trauma surgeries. 

 With 25 years plus homeschooling experience, Adasha 2020 served as interim Vice Principal of Muslim Association of Puget Sound MAPS- Sunday School. She serves as Co-Chair on MAPS CDEI -Committee of Diversity Equity and Inclusion programming subcommittee and MAPS Social Leadership Team and helped organize: Uplifting Sisterhood; Black in Islam, Gerorge Flyod Stand in Solidarity and Juneteenth programs. She is also a responder of MAPS MCRC Covid-19 Response Triage Team.

Adasha is currently a WSU Extension Master Gardener intern, Snohomish County Sustainable Community Stewards & Waste Warrior, WSU Extension Diversity Inclusion “Facing Racism” Speaker, and WSU Extension 4-H Volunteer. In her free time she co-produces up and coming Unapologetically Black and Muslim Podcast. She enjoys hosting Ummah Sustained Jr Master Gardener  program, modeling stewardship and sustainable resources with her daughter. 

 
 
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Kamilah Uddin

Web Designer

Kamilah is an artist, entrepreneur and homeschooler with program management and research training.

She holds a Masters degree from Kent State University and a Bachelors from The University of Akron, and her professional trajectory spans from audiology, speech-language pathology, English language teaching, to coding and User Experience design and research for Virtual and augmented reality platforms. 

Kamilah is deeply fascinated by human expression and the artistic mediums through which we all communicate. She is passionate about education, entrepreneurship, activism, and creative expression. When she’s not facilitating magic for amazing non-profits, Kamilah enjoys spending time writing, painting, and growing her business.

 
 
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Duha Mohamed

Vice President -Youth Empowerment Network

Host: Unapologetically Black and Muslim Podcast

Duha is a UW Bothell graduate with a degree in law economics and public policy with a minor in human rights. While focusing her studies on prison studies, she’s a current sponsor at Monroe corrections, trying to bring awareness to prison issues and working on a reentry program specific to the incarcerated Muslim population.

She is also Chair of the diversity and inclusion committee at the Muslim Association of Puget Sound, MAPS, where she’s working to bring change to her local mosque. She also works closely with the youth, specifically black youth, helping to empower, educate, and amplify their voices.

Duha’s passion for social justice and social change is her drive and motivation, but also hopes to create safe spaces where she and her black community not only survive but also thrive.