More ABOUT HALAH MOHAMMED
Halah Mohammed was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York City. They attended the High School of Arts & Technology in Manhattan. Halah earned their BA in English Literature (emphasis on African American Literature and Post-Colonial Literature) from Carleton College. While there, they founded and co-led the Carleton Slam Poetry Collective which participated in the Collegiate Union Poetry Slam Invitational (CUPSI) at CU Boulder. In their senior year, they were the only Carleton student awarded the Thomas J. Watson Fellowship. With their Watson Fellowship she traveled to 7 countries exploring the power of storytelling through spoken word.
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After their Watson Fellowship, Halah moved to Denver, Colorado to start their career in Education. In Denver, Halah founded Denver Reflections, VDK, HIDL, and Go Ask Halah while working for K-12 and Higher Education as an instructor, instructional designer, and academic advisor.
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Halah also earned their MS in Organizational Performance and Workplace Learning (OPWL) at Boise State University where they worked on several instructional design and performance improvement projects, assisted in research and teaching, worked in the Learning Strategy Lab, contributed to a book and a few papers (under review for publishing), and was gifted the Community Building Award from the OPWL department.
"My principles are like my hair, 4C—compassion, curiosity, collaboration,
and commitment."
- Halah
Halah mostly resides in Denver with their spouse. When they are working they blend their professional expertise in education, instructional design, and advising to serve their immediate and greater communities. When Halah is not working, they are napping, cooking, traveling, volunteering, playing DnD, and being creative.