. A licensed Medical Coder, working for MD Anderson Cancer Center, Salma earned her Ph.D. from Texas Women University in Nutritional Science. In 2008 Salma graduated with the BS in Biology, Nutrition, and Political Science with Honors from the University of Houston. Salma moved with her family to Sugar Land when she was 13, having lived in Cairo and Fresno, California prior to that. Salma is married to Yehia Omar, having met him during the Houston Egyptian Revolution demonstrations