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Marmalade Library
280 W 500 N
Salt Lake City, Utah, 84103
United States

Satin Tashnizi

Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Emerald Project

Satin Tashnizi is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Emerald Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to combating the misrepresentation of Islam one conversation at a time. Emerald Project is a cutting edge organization that uses research driven dialogue methods to hold spaces for public conversations about Islamophobia and Islam. Satin graduated from the University of Utah with an honors bachelor’s degree in political science with an emphasis in Middle Eastern studies. Satin’s vision for the Emerald Project is to ultimately serve as a permanent voice advocating for communication and the truth about Islam.