Aminah Alsaleh

Emerging Leaders of Color, Cohort 4

Aminah Alsaleh was born in Homs, Syria.  She fled the Civil War in Syria in 2012 and spent four years as a refugee in Jordan, before she and her family were given visas to come to the United States. They arrived on Election Day in November 2016 and became the second refugee family to be resettled by the Jewish Community Alliance for Refugee Resettlement (JCARR).

In 2017, Aminah established a catering business, and the following year was hired as a chef at Sanctuary Kitchen, whose mission is to provide job training, employment, and support to refugee and immigrant chefs. Today, Aminah is the Culinary Manager at Sanctuary Kitchen, overseeing kitchen operations, setting the menu, managing inventory and supporting a team of chefs.

Aminah is a passionate ambassador for Sanctuary Kitchen.  She speaks publicly about the program and the impact it’s made on the community.