About Safiya Karimah 

I am a native Chicagoan.  I live on the south side of Chicago in the Hyde Park community.  I am interested in history of religion, chess, psychology, and African and African American studies.  I have worked in several different areas over the past twenty years.  I have been teaching in the area of special education for the last six years.  I have also taught on the college level at Northeastern Illinois University.

I am currently a teacher at Kenwood Academy which is located in the Hyde Park Community of Chicago.  I have taught here 2.5 years.  I have taught English I and World Studies to freshmen students.  I enjoy working with students and have been in some teaching/tutoring capacity for over 20 years.