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Podcast: Up in Your Business with Kerry McCoy
Episode: Sophia Said, Program Director of ITSSM Interfaith Center in Little Rock
Description: Episode 0154 | Aired 8/21/2019
Sophia Said was born and educated in Pakistan. At 20, she married Qayyim Said. The marriage was arranged by her parents. The first time she ever saw her groom was the night before their wedding. They moved to Utah in 1996 and she received her second Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Utah in 2007. Said, who had the highest GPA among economics majors, spoke at the University of Utah commencement. Later that year, the couple moved to Little Rock so Qayyim Said could teach health economics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
After coming to Li...