Saleem graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Warren Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina. He has worked in Washington, D.C.with the C.E.E.D. Youth Leadership Organization (now a partner with Community Harvest) facilitating youth education programs in sustainable agriculture, nutrition, environmental justice, food security, and poverty. He also interned with Arena Stage's Living Stage Theatre Company doing socio-political arts education workshops throughout the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
Field placement: Hunger Task Force
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Policy placement: NETWORK
Washington, D.C.