A global citizen and TCK (Third-Culture Kid), Rumeesa is a Canadian of Pakistani-origin, who spent her childhood in Saudi Arabia, college years in Canada, & is now based on the US West Coast for work, where she is also able to fulfill her passion for fostering creative, caring communities that are inclusive and innovative by connecting together the half-a-million-strong Canadian ‘geese’ expats that have flocked westward and congregated in the Bay area.
          Rumeesa is fluent in both English and Urdu. Her religious denomination is a moderate Syed, Sunni Muslim. She is the eldest of four sisters & one brother; aunt to one very cute baby nephew, and two delightful little nieces. Rumeesa’s parents, her only (and favourite brother), and a sister live in Toronto, Canada. Two of her sisters are happily married MA and now live on the US East Coast.
         Rumeesa obtained a multidisciplinary degree while at the University of Waterloo a.k.a. MIT-North, including many incredible internships in several diverse industries along the way. She was actively involved in on-campus life, including a stint as a Residence Don and an Arts Endowment Fund board member. Rumeesa is thrilled to have returned to the dynamic UW-fold as a San Francisco Bay Alumni Chapter Executive. 
         Professionally, Rumeesa’s work experience as a Senior Software Product Manager spans both large corporations and start-ups across the software, mobile, platform and mobile app space in both Silicon Valley & Silicon Valley North. 
         Apart from actively engaging in these initiatives, Rumeesa loves spending time with family and friends, hiking, gourmet cooking, volunteering, travelling near and far, supporting the arts, as well as empowering women in politics  and championing the women in tech community. 
          Rumeesa’s friend’s describe her as someone who is warm, kind, caring, generous, easy-going, an out-of-the-box thinker, smart, funny & family-oriented. She is an INFP on the Myers-Briggs scale, a Gold & Blue on the True Colours spectrum, and a Negotiator & Explorer whose Love Languages are affection and gift-giving.
          Rumeesa’s Prince Charming is someone who is kind, caring, supportive, flexible, easy-going, generous, family-oriented, open-minded, and adaptable. Well-educated and well-traveled, he is a non-smoker and a non-drinker who has not been previously married. Rumeesa would love to meet a gentleman with a bright mind, a big heart, and a loving spirit - someone she can lean on to be her North Star, who brings out the best in her, helps her grow into a better person every day, and someone who also loves to travel and explore the world whenever possible.