{"id":2405,"date":"2019-09-14T00:35:59","date_gmt":"2019-09-13T21:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/?p=2405"},"modified":"2019-09-14T00:37:20","modified_gmt":"2019-09-13T21:37:20","slug":"emad-shammakh-a-born-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/emad-shammakh-a-born-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Emad Shammakh: A born Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Omar Thabet
\n<\/strong>YAN – Hamtramck<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"In order to be a leader, you have to have a vision for yourself and for the people around you. You have to work harder than your competition; giving up or giving in is never an option. You have to remain focused at all times because not everyone can share your vision or will understand why you do what you do. You have to be an inspiration to people, 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. In order to be a leader, you have to think outside of the box. Thinking inside the box makes you just like everyone else. These are all traits that represent Emad Shammakh, which is why he is the perfect leader.
\nEmad Shammakh was born in Yemen. He came to America when he was five years old. He has lived here ever since and loves being from the city of Hamtramck. Shammakh said, \u201cThe city of Hamtramck is a melting pot that has people from different ethnicities, cultures, and religions. The diversity in Hamtramck brings the opportunity to have great tasty foods.\u201d
\nEmad Shamakh recently graduated out of Wayne State University with a bachelor\u2019s degree in Public Health. He is now pursuing a master\u2019s degree in Physician Assistant Studies. He currently works at FRD Sav-Mor Pharmacy as a manager and certified pharmacy technician.
\nWhen we asked Emad who helped him become the leader he is today, he said, \u201cI learned from Sami Dabaja, the owner of Sav-Mor Pharmacy. He taught me the importance of education, the importance of keeping promises and honesty in the community. Dr. Sami also told me the importance of giving back to the people in need, and never follow a dream job for the income but follow it with a plan to save, change, and improve lives of those who are vulnerable.\u201d
\nEmad enjoys his job at the pharmacy. He said the best part of his job is, \u201cHaving the opportunity to serve my community and the privilege of taking care of patients in need that live in a community that has a shortage in healthcare services.\u201d
\nEmad didn\u2019t just become a leader overnight. While in high school Emad joined the Drama club, wrestling team, student council, Ambassador of peace and DECA-Marketing organization.
\nShammakh said, \u201cDuring my 4 year experience at Hamtramck High School I had the opportunity to be an Ambassador of Peace. My duty was to identify students\u2019 conflicts and issues and address it with my team of Ambassadors to come to a mutual solution that will make the learning environment for the students more fun and stress free.\u201d
\nEmad sees a bright future in the Hamtramck Public Schools District that he graduated from. Shammakh said, \u201cWhat gets me excited the most about the future of HPS is the increase of successful graduates that are pursuing and completing great careers in many different fields and coming back to serve their community and supporting the school system (HPS) that enriched them with the essentials of education and life lessons.\u201d
\nDuring his free time, Emad said he enjoys travelling and exploring different parts of the world and gathering with friends and family to plan fun activities to do with his community.
\nEmad is also a member of the Yemeni American Leadership Association, also known as YALA. Emad said what he likes most about YALA is, \u201cgaining the full trust of my community to serve them with what all the shortages of services we have in our community such as ESL courses and healthcare. I also enjoy educating our community about cultural diversity and identity.\u201d
\nShammakh then added, \u201cWhat I would like to see improve with YALA is our resources of income, a bigger building and long term bridges with our community Public schools.\u201d
\nWith being a leader, you know Emad will have lofty goals that he sets for himself. Some of Emad\u2019s future goals are to graduate as a Physician Assistant and entrepreneur and open his own clinic and pharmacy to serve low income communities and communities that lack healthcare access. He also would like to build a hospital in Yemen to serve the poor for free as charity.
\nGood luck Emad Shammakh with your future endeavors. Keep making everyone proud!<\/p>\n

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