Dr. Aneesah Nadir is a social worker, author, speaker, consultant, diversity trainer, mediator and marriage and family life educator, with a career that spans more than 30 years. Dr. Nadir obtained her Bachelor’s in Social Welfare from Adelphi University and her Masters and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Social Work from Arizona State University. She is a founder and past president of the Islamic Social Services Association-USA and Canada, and currently serves as the president of the Islamic Social Services Association-USA. Today, she coordinates ISSA-USA’s Sakinah Healthy Marriage Initiative, a national effort to promote healthy marriage among Muslims throughout the United States. She is also a writer and member of the editorial board of Marriage Today, an E-newsletter published in collaboration with Soundvision.com and ISSA-USA, and is authoring two upcoming books on marriage titled So You Think You’re Ready for Marriage? and Now that We’re Married.