Blossoming Trees to Empower Communities

BTEC

Accelerating Accessibility

We accelerate accessibility to community equity and inclusion to foster a culture of belonging, safety, respect and shared success.

How it all Started:

From Volunteer to Visionary: The Roots of Blossoming Trees

Blossoming Trees is a non-profit organization founded and established by Batoul Baydoun. Batoul's journey with Blossoming Trees to Empower Communities (BTEC) began with a personal desire for growth and a deep commitment to her community. Driven by a passion to see women thrive, she started as a volunteer and program consultant in the non-profit sector.

However, Batoul's vision grew beyond simple volunteering. Her experience teaching and coaching fueled a desire to empower a specific segment of the community: Muslim immigrant mothers with young children. She recognized the unique challenges they faced in balancing family, career aspirations, and personal growth.

BTEC's mission crystallized from this understanding. The organization would provide comprehensive support, addressing the parenting journey, fostering English language acquisition, and developing crucial digital literacy skills. These skills are essential for navigating a modern career landscape and achieving personal goals.

With a clear vision and the backing of a dedicated team, BTEC blossomed into a reality, ready to empower Muslim Immigrant mothers in Colorado and cultivate their potential for success.

“Whoever takes a path in search of knowledge, Allah will cause him to walk in one of the paths to Paradise. Indeed the angels will lower their wings in great pleasure with the one who seeks knowledge.”
— [Prophet Muhammad ﷺ]

Empowering Communities to Thrive and Succeed

Meet Our Board Members

  • Wafa Batal (President)

    Senior Environmental Scientist: Specializing in environmental information management and application development. Performed data analysis and reporting, data validation, and database design and development. Served in project, program, and operation management roles managing multimillion dollar projects, and has contributed to environmental and hazardous waste projects for private, and government clients.

    Expertise and interests in business development including non-profit, prospecting, negotiation, client relations, team building, and operations management.

  • Dania Khiami Ajouz (Treasurer)

    Lead Finance Analyst specializes in cost analysis, treasury, and compliance. Develop program budget in millions of dollars, work in business cases, monitor and track monthly performance against the budget. Holder of Master degree in Business Administration and Finance. Strong analytical, problem solving, and financial analysis skills. Experienced in preparing and presenting financial reports to management. In addition to reviewing and analyzing financial statements and performing forecasting.

  • Batoul Baydoun (Secretary)

    Digital Literacy Specialist, former educator and founder of Blossoming Trees. Program coordinator and community liaison. Holds a Masters Degree in Educational Technology. specializes in online and in person learning with 20+ years of experience in teaching and program management, team building and community relations. experienced in designing and managing learning communities.

  • Mahmoud Itani (Guiding Member)

    Experienced leader and projects manager, Mahmoud is brings his passion and dedication to serve the community in building career and leadership skills

  • Mohamad El-Batal (Guiding Member)

    A Chief Technologist with over 20 years of experience in data storage architecture. He is known for creating innovative solutions that focus on quality, reliability, and cost-efficiency. El-Batal has a rich patent portfolio and a history of influencing industry standards. He is skilled at identifying promising ideas, developing them into products, and building teams to bring them to market. Mohamad will guide the organization to identify promising projects and proposals along with innovative solutions,

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