The Somali-American therapist bringing her work home

[Deeq A.]

When Rowda Olad, 36, a Somali-American, returned to Mogadishu in 2011 after her family fled nearly two decades prior, she was struck by the total absence of therapeutic services for this rattled country. At the time, Olad was a student at The Ohio State University (she chuckles, making a point to say the requisite “The”) and had been deciding whether to major in psychology or psychiatry.

Source: Hiiraan Online