Asma Abdille is the former and the first Board member, board Secretary and the current assistant director of the Minnesota Deaf Muslim Community (MDMC). She formerly worked as a teacher at ThinkSelf deaf adult education program in St. Paul Minnesota. Asma was born shortly before the civil war broke out in Somalia. Due to the civil war her family ran away from the city and became nomads raising livestock. Asma grew up in the nomads of northern Somalia as a herd-girl with no formal education as a child. She was born and grew up much of her youthhood as a hearing person but due to illness, she lost her hearing ability at age 14. In late 2008, Asma relocated to the United States to seek medical treatment for her hearing loss and settled in Minnesota with her mother and siblings who were already in the country. Asma is a graduate of SouthWest High School in Minneapolis, she finished her high school within a year of enrollment. After high school, Asma enrolled in a post-secondary education program and then adult education. Asma plans to go back to school to pursue a higher education in the near future. Asma is passionate about volunteering in the Deaf community, helping others, attending community and social events, spending time with her daughter and reading books. She is currently interested in learning nonprofit organization management and might establish her own nonprofit in the future.