Zainab Naseri

Zainab Naseri is the Receptionist II at HIAS Pennsylvania. She is from Afghanistan, and was granted a Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) and moved to the US in June 2022.

Zainab obtained her bachelor’s degree in English Literature in Afghanistan. Before coming to the US, she worked with different national and international organizations in Afghanistan. Zainab has previous experiences as an Outreach and Training Coordinator and as a Workforce Development Case Officer with USAID projects. She also worked in Monitoring & Evaluation Officer and Master Trainer positions with CoAR prior moving to the USA.

Zainab speaks English, Dari, Farsi, and a bit of Pashto. Zainab’s main goal is to serve an organization where refugees are welcomed, and to help immigrants like herself.