Umm Juwayrriyah is a twenty-something born Muslim woman of West Indian ancestry and a mother of two. She has an A.A in Communications and is completing her B.A. at Baypath College. She is the former two term assistant director of the Islamic Writers Alliance and the current editor for the New England Muslim Women's Association, a poet and freelance writer. Her work has been featured in print magazines such as SISTERS, Azizah, An Nisaa, and As Sunnah An Nisaa.

Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society member