White House Author

Lena Alhusseini joined the Arab-American Family Support Center as Executive Director in April 2006 after a number of years at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), where she served as International Outreach Project Manager on issues of child protection, abduction and child trafficking. Prior to joining NCMEC, Ms. Alhusseini worked for the Gateway Battered Women’s Shelter in Denver, Colorado where she developed the Shelter’s children’s program and worked with immigrant populations, including Arab-American women and children, on issues of domestic violence. Before coming to the United States, Ms. Alhusseini served with a number of international organizations on issues pertaining to child protection and human trafficking, including USAID and UNICEF.