California State University, Long Beach; California World Language Project, Los Angeles Site at Occidental College.

Iman is the 2019 California World Language Teacher of the Year and the California representative to the Southwest Conference on Language Teaching (SWCOLT). In addition, she is an Arabic language and culture instructor at California State University, Long Beach and a program director of the California World Language Project, Los Angeles Site at Occidental College. As a program director, she is responsible for fostering professional growth opportunities for the region’s World Language teachers throughout their careers.  Iman has shared her exceptional expertise by serving as a consultant for Arabic teaching programs at public and independent institutions, developing standards-based curricula and instructional resources, supervising teacher candidates, and serving as a STARTALK team Leader.