meet sufiya abdur-rahman.

Sufiya Abdur-Rahman comes to SpiderSmart Learning Center of Bethesda with more than five years of experience as a reading and writing instructor. Over the past four years, she’s helped hundreds of students—from pre-K through college—become better readers and writers. She’s also taught journalism and creative writing to youngsters at Summer at WES, in Bethesda, and to pre-teens and teenagers in the Liberty Partnerships Program, in New York City. Sufiya has a background in journalism and has had articles published in daily newspapers, such as the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune, as well as national magazines including The Source and Black Enterprise. She believes that careful and insightful reading, coupled with thoughtful and eloquent writing will put any student on the path to success.