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Liniah is the leader of Pen Pal Patch (PPP) of VITFriends. She joined PPP in 2017 as a member and also became an assistant leader. In 2020 she became the Leader of PPP. She has two children named Elijah and Elizabeth.  Elijah is 11 years old and Elizabeth is 4 years old.  Elijah was diagnosed with vitiligo at age 4. She has been married to her husband, Kashif Saleem, for 13 years. She was born in MI and raised their kids in Charlotte, NC before moving to Virginia. Since Elizabeth’s birth, she became a stay-at-home parent but spent all of her adult life working with children in schools, and childcare centers, and working as a professional clown doing children’s birthday parties and adult handicapped homes. Now she spends her time homeschooling Elijah and Elizabeth, reading,  and traveling.