Said to be guest speaker at women’s reception Wednesday

Fatima Said, executive director for Project FINE will share her experience of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1990s during a women’s reception Wednesday, March 28.

The event, hosted by the Saint Teresa Institute, will run from 4:45 to 6 p.m. in the Common Room of Saint Mary’s Hall. Refreshments will be served at 4:45 p.m., and the program will begin at 5 p.m.

Said was sent to a refugee camp in Croatia where, though she had a tough and unpredictable life, she started a school in the camp. She now influences refugees' and immigrants' lives through her work with Project FINE. This event is in celebration of women.