Dr. Sausan Merali was born and raised in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and migrated to the US where she completed her BS Pharmacy degree at Rutgers University, College of Pharmacy and holds a PharmD from Shenandoah University. She currently practices in New York as a pharmaceutical consultant. Previously she served as a Director for Medical Information at Pfizer and a drug information specialist at Defined Healthcare Research. She is the co-author of a journal article on the medical treatment of pulmonary hypertension in pediatric patients. In addition to her healthcare career, she serves as a longtime volunteer for a nonprofit, Child Aid International, focusing on volunteer recruitment, fundraising strategies, and donor expansion to aid orphans, widows, and needy families across the globe. Sausan is a teacher skills trainer for Islamic school education in North America and a weekend Islamic school teacher. Dr. Merali joins Cornerstone as a Swahili Interventionist and Presenter.