Regarding her education, Hafeezah has earned a Certificate in SEL and Yoga, she has received a BFA in Textile Design and an AAS in Fashion Design from the Fashion Institute of Technology, a Certificate of Arts Administration from NYU, and a Master of Arts in Teaching from Lubbock Christian University.

Hafeezah earned a Doing Art Together certificate at Snug Harbor in Staten Island

,NY, she has also earned a Certificate of Customer Service, a Knitting Certificate from The Crafts Yarn Council of America, a Teaching Certificate in Early Childhood Education, and has been awarded as a Summer Teaching Scholar of the Landmarks of American History and Culture Program from the National Endowment for the Humanities in 2011.

As Founder and Director of Art Alive since 2000, she finds joy in introducing art education programs to new communities.

“I truly believe in the power of education to change and influence people. The global world we now live in connects us and reiterates this fact.* Hafeezah has been passionate about teaching since childhood. In 1973 she worked at a youth agency teaching cooking and crafting to young mothers and continued using her skills in various programs within the community until beginning her professional teaching career in 1988. As a teacher, her main role is to influence and inspire the generations that will build, create, and develop future industries. She has also lectured for various organizations to expose them to new and creative ways to develop their arts and design programs.