A.S. Umar Sharif, MA is a well known and respected Educator, Trainer, Consultant Sociologist, and Mentor. Mr. Sharif is one of the 2% of American educators who have received multiple nominations for recognition by his students and peers in Who's Who Among American Teachers. Sharif teaches for the Maricopa County Community College District and is a veteran counselor, lecturer, workshop facilitator, and consultant. He is a member of the Association of Black Sociologists, the Medical Sociology section of the American Sociological Association, the Paradise Valley Community College (PVCC) Center for International Studies Advisory Council, and the PVCC International Education Committee. He is also the Coordinator of the Afro-Asian Studies Component of the PVCC Complementary Health Care Program, and Director of the Teaching Healing Meditation and Stress Management Certification Program.
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Mr. Sharif is an Alumnus of the East-West Center and University of Hawaii Asian Studies Development Program, has served as a Professional Associate on their Asian Studies Summer Institute Staff, and has traveled and studied in China, Southeast Asia, and West Africa. He has served as a member of several advisory, review, and governing boards, and has provided consultant and keynote services for federal, state, county, and city agencies, high schools, colleges, and universities, major corporations, and a wide range of community based organizations.
Mr. Sharif is founder and Executive
Director of the non-profit
National Teacher Training Institute,
Inc. and Wu-Te Performance
Troupes, a Leadership Development
Program for at-risk and disadvantaged
youth. He is a sought after
motivational speaker and has
appeared on several radio and
television programs and has
been featured in a number of
newspaper articles.
Seifu(Teacher) Sharif brings over 40 years of personal experience, education, training and insight to his consulting profession.
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