Join Amina as she interviews Dr. Maryam Sharifian who visited and presented at IIIT during for the Summer Institute of Scholars in 2019. Dr. Sharifian talks about her study, "Trauma, Burnout, and Resilience of Syrian Primary Teachers Working Inside the War Zone". They discuss the findings from the study, the phenomenal resilience of teachers in the war zone in Syria, as well as the importance of teachers' well-being and how that plays a role in students' lives. Dr. Maryam Sharifian is an Assistant Professor at James Madison University, College of Education. Dr. Sharifian received her undergraduate and graduate degree in School Counseling from Tehran University in Iran. After completing her PhD in Early Childhood Education from SUNY at Buffalo, she started her position at JMU to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in Early Childhood Education. Dr. Sharifian serves as country liaison at Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI) as a National Representative (representing Iran/Middle East). She also served as Board of Directors of ACEI for three years. She is an active member in several international Early Childhood Organizations such as the World Organization for Early Childhood Education, Cooperative and International Education Society and American Education Research Association to advocate for children and teachers' right. Dr. Sharifian addresses educational issues relating to children and teachers in the area of armed conflict (their well-being and resilience strategies). In addition, she has worked with children of undocumented Afghan immigrants, school girls in rural Tanzania and street children in Iran. She has several book chapters and article publications related to teacher training and children education.