sisa@luaky.org   Ustatha Saphia Isa is the third grade teacher at Lexington Universal Academy. She joined the LUA family in 2012. Ustatha Saphia is a proud mother of four children,…

hbailey@luaky.org   Heather Bailey is the second grade teacher at LUA. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education and Special Education from the University of the Cumberlands. With a…

hsuleiman@luaky.org   Ustathah Heba is the first grade teacher here at LUA. Heba graduated from the University of Kentucky in 2011 with a Bachelor’s in Psychology and a minor in…

akakafi@luaky.org   Ustatha Asmaa Kakafi has been the Arabic teacher for the elementary grades Prek- 4th. She is originally from Egypt. She graduated from Faculty of Arts, Mansoura University in…

mmeriden@luaky.org Ustatha Monawar Meriden has been a Quran and Arabic teacher for about 20 years. She has a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Damascus, Syria. In 2001, she was honored…

ihadi@luaky.org   Usthatah Iman is the Arabic Language and Quran Resource teacher at Lexington Universal Academy. Alhamdulillah, she has been with LUA since 2004. She was born in Baghdad, Iraq,…

hissa@luaky.org   As a founding member of the Islamic Society of Central Kentucky (ISCK), Haitham has been a prominent and active figure in the Lexington community for over 30 years.…

nallouch@luaky.org   Ustathah Nowal Allouch is the kindergarten teacher here at LUA. She has lived in Kentucky all her life and has always wanted to become a teacher. She received…

alishalash@luaky.org   Ustadh Ali Shalash is a Palestinian-American who was born and raised in Lexington. He studied in LUA from first till eighth grade. Ali completed his high school education…

fshalash@luaky.org   Ustathah Fathia Shalash is an Arabic, Quran, and Islamic Studies teacher at Lexington Universal Academy. She was born and raised in Kuwait, where she completed her high school…