Shabnam was born in Kabul, Afghanistan. When Taliban took over, and girls were forbidden to go to school, Shabnam started primary school in Panjsher province. After the fall of Taliban she continued her studies at the Educational Psychology faculty in Kabul University. During university, Shabnam was working as an editor, producer and radio operator for Amozgar Radio. Shabnam’s work career started from here, and after that, she worked as a project coordinator in Panjshir province for women empowerment project. In 2012 she joined the Partnership Afghanistan-(Canada) Organization as a volunteer and served as the project coordinator for M-Learning Project. After that, Shabnam worked at the Independent Election Commission as a Media Liaison officer, as a Capacity Building Officer for the Afghan Women Education Center, and as a UN Volunteer for the UNDP project for Gender Equality enhancement in Afghanistan.

Currently, Shabnam is in Turkey to get her Master’s degree and is continuing her work with PAC for implementing Community Self Care Demonstration Program (CSDP) training in Afghanistan. Apart from these jobs mentioned above, Shabnam has worked with many more youths Organizations and with Darkht e Danesh online library as a volunteer editor.

In Shabnam’s opinion, if you want to be happy and have peace of mind you need to serve others and help societies to bring positive change. That is why she loves working voluntarily and feels genuine happiness within that.