Sahra Noor

Sahra Noor
Born1976 or 1977 (age 47–48)[1]
NationalitySomali, American
Alma materSt. Catherine University (BSN)
University of Minnesota (MS)
OccupationHealth care executive
TitleChief Executive Officer of People's Center Clinics & Services
Children4
RelativesIlhan Omar (sister)
Isra Hirsi (niece)

Sahra Noor (Somali: Sahra Nuur, Arabic: زهرة نور; born 1976 or 1977) is a Somali-American nurse and health care executive.[2][3]

  1. ^ Oakes, Laura (June 5, 2015). "Home Grown: The Somali-American Struggle – 3 Success Stories". CBS Minnesota. You might say 38-year-old Sahra Noor is a bit of an overachiever. In a Kenyan refugee camp during her teens, her single father and four siblings ended up in the U.S., where Sahra made it through high school in two years while teaching herself English by watching TV talk shows.
  2. ^ Koumpilova, Mila (December 24, 2014). "New generation of Somali women is on the rise in Minnesota". Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
  3. ^ "40 Under 40: Sahra Noor". Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.