Our Team

 Hawa  has over 10 years of experience as a Surgical Technologist in the HealthCare industry and is currently is the CEO of Cherish Home Health Care. Hawa has had a passion to take care of and help the senior living community from early on in her career. She started in senior living services, working with elderly adults as a lead supervisor and Medication Technician at a local Assisted Living facility for over seven years. As a Surgical Technologist, Hawa assisted surgeons, nurses and other technicians in the operating room to maintain sterile filed and high quality of care and the patient’s safety. She has direct patient care experience involving assessment, planning of care, implementing and evaluating patients, and collaborating with physicians, pharmacists, dietitians, physical therapists and social workers.  Hawa has an Associate Degree in Science and is certified as a Surgical Technologist. In addition, she is certified from the American School of Nursing as a Certified Nurse Assistant certification and licensed in CPR. When she’s not in the office or in meetings, she enjoys reading, watching movies, travelling and touring new places and spending time with her family. Hawa’s inspiration to start Cherish Home Health Care came from caring her grandfather. Hawa volunteers at her local community senior living center. Hawa lives in Fairfax, VA with her husband and three children. 

 Suad gained valuable skills as an advocate, counselor and case manager working with children, adolescents and adults in a variety of settings. She has extensive experience performing needs assessments, developing individualized treatment plans and case strategies, and preparing reports and DMH documentation.  Suad is also adept at conflict-resolution and at providing guidance in overcoming socioeconomic, health and cultural obstacles, thus giving her the experience necessary to provide family and community-oriented solutions to elder patient healthcare

As an independent consultant, Suad has facilitated the start-up process for several nonprofit organizations by helping them define mission and vision statements, creating bylaws, establishing priorities, and providing guidance for the performance of daily operations.  Suad also has a relevant education in nonprofit management (MS degree from UMD) and Sociology (BA degree from GMU). At Cherish Home Health Care, she has used this experience to create and enact a vision in which our team works both effectively and with compassion.

Suad personally understands the need for honesty, empathy and cultural competence in caretaking. While her grandmother battled both cancer and Alzheimer’s, she realized this type of care was difficult to come by. This became part of Suad ’s inspiration to start Cherish Home Health Care. In addition, she has always been passionate about outreach, social work, mental health counselling and related volunteer efforts. Suad  looks forward to continuing to use her passion to in her role as COO. At Cherish Home Health Care, we are compassionate about helping others thrive, and aim to improve their lives with a holistic approach to wellbeing.

Suad enjoys reading, traveling with her family, taking a walk, listening to Jazz and watching movies. Suad resides in Loudoun County with her two children and parents.