An Ethiopian immigrant born in a refugee camp in Somalia, Meymuna has spent her career building spaces where culture doesn't need to be explained or apologized for. To her, it's currency, something that creates value, connection, and belonging wherever it's shared. As the founder of The Tiyya Foundation and Flavors From Afar, a Michelin Bib Gourmand recognized restaurant and social enterprise, she works alongside refugee and immigrant chefs, making sure the dishes they grew up with and the stories behind them are credited, valued, and shared on their own terms.

Flavors From Afar sustains Tiyya's mission, proving that hospitality and economic opportunity can move together. A mother, storyteller, and advocate, Meymuna speaks nationally about migration, identity, and what it actually takes to build belonging, one table, one dish, one story at a time.