Board of Directors

Amina Rashad obtained her J.D. from Brooklyn Law School in 2013 and is admitted to practice law in both New York and New Jersey. Amina has a private practice located in Uniondale, New York, and has dedicated her entire career to Family and Matrimonial Law, developing a nuanced understanding of the law in this practice area. In addition to her private practice, Amina serves as Court-Appointed Counsel in Suffolk County Family Court, representing low-income clients in Custody, Child Support, and Family Offense proceedings. Amina is also a proud mother of two with a passion for all things creative, including fashion and interior design.

Tazmin H. Uddin joined Turning Point’s Board in January 2022. Prior to this, she worked at Turning Point for almost 6 years, most recently as our Youth Program Director. Since 2008, she has volunteered and interned with multiple Muslim nonprofit organizations and was an instructor for NYU’s Science and Technology Entry Program. She joined Turning Point as our full-time Education and Outreach Coordinator in February 2016 and became our first Youth Coordinator in July 2016. She organized our annual flagship leadership project, Mecca to Manhattan: Muslim Women Moving Mountains® as well as our annual ARISE NY! Summit for several years. She also helped start our Seniors Program and until 2018, she conducted a weekly ESOL class (geared towards citizenship exam) for senior Muslim women and helped empower dozens of them by assisting them to pass the exam and become citizens. Tazmin completed her Master’s degree in Public Administration (2015) from The College of New Rochelle (CNR), where she also completed her undergraduate studies. While interning with Turning Point, Tazmin received the Ursuline Student Service Recognition Award in 2015. Tazmin was also named a 2018 Change Maker by the Coalition for Asian Children and Families (CACF). Tazmin is a native New Yorker of Bangladeshi descent and is currently based on the West Coast.

Moumita Zaman joined Turning Point’s Board in February 2022 and brings nearly fifteen years of work experience in health, education, and economic empowerment to promote social justice in New York City’s immigrant communities. She currently works at the New York City Department of Education as District Planner and Associate Director at the Office of District Planning. Her work entails the development of strategic plans to address needs and priorities of schools and school districts through research, assessment, and engagement with community stakeholders.

Moumita previously served as the Director of Curriculum and Strategic Engagement at the New York City Commission on Human Rights where she also At the Commission, she spearheaded the Commission’s youth services and launched the innovative Youth for Equity and Solidarity (YES) Initiative. She has extensive experience working with NYC’s Muslim and South Asian communities. Prior to joining the NYC Commission on Human Rights, Moumita she served as the Director of Outreach and Advocacy at Sapna NYC, a Bronx based community organization and served on the board of Women in Islam, Inc., a non-profit that empowers Muslim women as advocates for human rights and social justice. Moumita is also a founding member and Treasurer of the inaugural Executive Committee of Bangladeshi Americans for Political Progress (BAPP). Moumita has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Queens College, City University of New York and a Master’s in Social Work from Columbia University.

Robina Niaz is the founder and Executive Director of Turning Point for Women and Families. She is a social worker, women’s rights advocate, and a civil rights activist. She currently serves on the Board of the Muslim Consultative Network and the Hartley Film Foundation. She is also a former Board member with Sakhi for South Asian Women, Coalition of Battered Women’s Advocates and Queens Women’s Network and an Advisory Board member with the Interfaith Council of New York. Born and raised in Pakistan, Robina has an M.S in Applied Psychology (Pakistan) and an MSW from Hunter College, New York. She is a 2007 CORO Immigrant Leadership Fellow and a 2005 Open Society Institute/RCLA Social Justice Fellow. Robina speaks Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, and Hindi.

Yasmeen Mozawalla joined Turning Point’s Board in February 2023. Prior to this, for several years, Yasmeen served as the president of the Women’s Wing of the Memon Association of North America (MANA). As president, Yasmeen engaged in the empowerment of women and children, and frequently helped with mental health and domestic violence issues.

Yasmeen has also been an active volunteer with charitable organizations helping with doing food and clothing drives on Long Island and in upstate New York. Yasmeen also led the collection in Long Island for the Muslim Soup Kitchen Project ( MSK) based in Albany, NY to assist with the resettlement of Afghan refugee families. She is currently serving as chair of the Women’s Wing of the World Memon Organization of North America (WMO NA). As the chair, she attends conferences all over the world and has been honored and awarded for all of her efforts and community service. Yasmeen also organizes and runs “Marrymuslims”, an organization that helps young Muslims to connect.

Yasmeen Mozawalla is a graduate of Catholic medical center and worked there for several years. She is the mother of four grown up children and a grandmother of eighteen, with a passion for serving humanity and gardening

Abdul Rahman joined Turning Point’s Board in February of 2023. For the last 7 years, Abdul has been working in the financial industry and is currently a SVP with BNY Mellon in Hedge Fund. Abdul joined the company in 2015 and has led the growth in becoming the largest managed account platform with over $35 billion in assets servicing over 100 funds. Abdul provides his experience with managing teams globally, performing risk and operations across multi-assets and multi-million valued portfolios, and enhancing the proprietary system to provide cutting-edge reports, data analytics, and risk models to help the firm’s clients.

Abdul has also helped launched and scale the Muslim Entrepreneur Association (MEA), a platform dedicated to helping Muslim Professionals and Entrepreneurs all over the world. Recently, during the pandemic, MEA launched its virtual incubator connecting professionals, students and entrepreneurs all over the world. The organization was recognized by NYC’s Mayor Eric Adams for leading community relief efforts during the pandemic and received the Covid Hero Award.

Abdul is politically very active and ran for the office of Judicial Delegate in 2022 and works on policies to combat Anti-Muslim and South Asian rhetoric. Abdul has a BBA in Finance and Economics from Queens College (2015) where he currently serves on the Technology, Business Advisory and Alumni Boards