Brother Shehzad received a Finance degree from Central Washington University and was a Sr. Program Manager at Microsoft before moving on to a Senior Management role with the City of Seattle. His family was one of the pioneering Muslim families in the Puget Sound area, helping to establish the first Masaajid in the region, namely SeaTac and Northgate Masjid, respectively, and later Masjid Umar Al-Farooq in Mountlake Terrace.