Sahra Noor ( Real name: Ilhan Omar) is a Somali American nurse and health care executive. She has more than fifteen years of experience in the health and medical field and she brings her refreshing,
bright spirit and sense of hope to her new role as CEO of People’s Center Health Services a community clinic with more than forty-five years. Experience providing culturally responsive primary care services to(communities who may not have access to mainstream healthcare).
Her story is the story of the clinic’s patients. As a leader, she brings a heightened level of inclusion in a way that can perhaps only be possible when the leader actually reflects the population the organization serves.
When most teenagers were starting high school, herself spent those years in a refugee camp during Somalia’s civil war.
