Yasmin Mogahed is an accomplished writer, speaker, and instructor who focuses on spiritual and personal development. She received a B.S. Degree in Psychology and a Master's in Journalism and Mass Communications from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She taught Islamic Studies and served as a youth coordinator, and worked as a writing instructor and staff columnist for the Islam section of InFocus News. Currently, she is an instructor for AlMaghrib Institute and a writer for the Huffington Post.