Sameera Abdulaziz Sullivan

Sameera Abdulaziz Sullivan is a nationally recognized dating expert, matchmaker, and image consultant best known for putting an innovative, modern spin on old-fashioned matchmaking. She is the founder and CEO of Lasting Connections, a professional matchmaking service for elite singles nationwide.
Early life and education
Originally from Pakistan, she moved to the United States. She grew up in Sugar Land, Texas, where most of her family still lives today.
She moved to Portland, Oregon, as a young adult, where she studied psychology at Portland State University. She earned both a Bachelors in Social Sciences and a Masters in Education Administration, focusing on K-12 Education and Adult Psychology. She then went on to attend Walden and Capella University to attain her Ph.D, but ultimately dropped out after her third year, instead attaining a second Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology with a focus on personality psychology. It was ultimately her goal after graduation to start a private therapeutic school for children with neurological differences.
Career
In 2009, Sameera attempted to start River City Academy, a private school in Portland, Oregon for children with neurological differences. She was actively working with the Monarch School in Houston, Texas, in order to replicate their model as she felt there was a shortage of private schools catering to children with special needs. But due to the economy at the time Sameera was unable to raise the funding necessary to launch the school.
While working for It’s Just Lunch, Sameera rediscovered an old love she had for matchmaking, and ultimately in 2012 she chose to start her own matchmaking business after realizing there was a niche she could fill as most dating services didn’t offer personalized recruiting for their clients.
Personal life
Sameera married her husband, Tim Sullivan, in 2012.

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