Ustadha Lobna Youssef Mulla is a motivational speaker and community educator. She is best known for her optimistic, positive and engaging style with audiences. Ustadha Lobna is the Director of Tarbiya & Personal Development at Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research. She previously served as a Board Member at Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research, as an IOK Muslim Chaplain at UCLA and as the National Tarbiya Director of the Muslim American Society, where she is still an active member. Ustadha Lobna is also the co-founder of the Muslim Marriage Rejuvenation Retreat.
Ustadha Lobna has been working as a youth mentor for the past two decades in multiple capacities. She has organized youth camps, led study circles, taught classes in her community, and lectured extensively, both nationally and internationally. In addition to being a mentor and motivational speaker, Lobna has written for myvirtualmosque.com and the MAS Blog.
Lobna is a graduate of Chapman University with a Masters of Fine Arts in Screenwriting. She is the creator of the YouTube channel, Double Shot Mocha Productions, where she strives to promote social awareness through humor.
Lobna was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She graduated from California State University, Northridge in Business Administration with a focus in Accounting. She worked as an accountant for ten years until she began her career as a mother. Lobna moved to Egypt for three years with her husband, Shaikh Suhail Mulla, and her children to study Arabic, Qur’anic Recitation and Islamic Sciences under Azhari scholars. Lobna Mulla currently resides in Los Angeles, CA with her husband and four children.