Meet: Dr. Kameelah Mu'Min Oseguera

Biography:

Dr. Kameelah Mu’Min Oseguera is the Founding Executive Director of Muslim Wellness Foundation (MWF), a nonprofit advancing healing and emotional well-being in the American Muslim community through dialogue, education, and training. Through MWF, Dr. Oseguera has established the Omar ibn Said Institute for Black Muslim Studies and Research, the annual Black Muslim Psychology Conference, and the Deeply Rooted Emerging Leaders Fellowship for Black Muslim young Adults.

Dr. Oseguera is an Assistant Professor of Psychology and Muslim Studies at Chicago Theological Seminary (CTS). Her teaching, research, and clinical areas of expertise include: mental health stigma in faith and minority communities, healing justice and faith-based activism, Black Muslim psychology, and Black Muslim intersectional invisibility.

Drawing on her decades of scholarship, research, and practice in psychology, family therapy, and narrative theory, Dr. Oseguera is a leading expert in trauma-informed considerations and practices in documentary filmmaking. She is the Founder and Lead Consultant of Marwa Consulting LLC, a boutique consulting firm empowering individuals, organizations, and communities to center care and accountability in their work and relationships. She has consulted or advised on 30+ films, TV series ,and works in progress to documentary filmmakers, directors, producers, and writers on matters related to race, religion, participant care, ethics, consent, and healing -entered filmmaking.

Dr. Oseguera also serves as the Head of Care at Multitude Films, supporting filmmakers and producers from casting through production, post, distribution, and impact. Dr. Oseguera is also an Executive Producer and Coordinator of Care and Wellness for the film SUBJECT. In this role, Dr. Oseguera acts as a psychological consultant, creating and advising on individual and collective self-care planning through all phases of production, including post-screening emotional support and care.

Dr. Oseguera is a member of the Documentary Accountability Working Group (DAWG) and Color Congress, a national collective of majority people of color (POC) and POC-led organizations aimed at centering and strengthening nonfiction storytelling.