Adult English Language and Literacy Instructor
Malalai Wiar joined Refugee & Immigrant Transitions in 2022, with a passion for human rights and wellbeing. Malalai is from Kabul, Afghanistan, and she speaks various languages including Farsi, Dari, Pashto, Hindi, English, and Urdu. After years of being a housewife, Malalai decided to achieve her goals by continuing her education after 16 years and now she holds a degree in psychology to understand human behavior and mental processes that allows her to better understand how we think, act and feel.
Malalai is an English Language & Literacy Instructor at RIT. Malalai had previously worked as a supervisor for Italian firms in Afghanistan, and she has extensive teaching experience, having started as a teacher assistant at RIT. The main reason Malalai has become a RIT team member is due to her passion for helping others and having a deeper connection of how hard it can be to live in a country where it is the polar opposite to where you have originated from, yet Malalai’s main goal is to ensure that everyone is welcomed and receives the assistance they require to live a fulfilling life. Because English is not her first language, she knows the difficulties that people have in their daily lives and can empathize with them by teaching them literacy and promoting their well-being.
Malalai is delighted to be working with RIT; she is motivated and captivated by all of her coworkers, and she is looking forward to what the future brings.