Sehreen Noor Ali was in the process of building an incredible career in EdTech , from stints at major companies like, a company on mission to make advanced learning more accessible. Noor Ali began her career in the U.S. Department of State, leading a team of folks developing digital public diplomacy tools.But in 2017, she had no choice but to exit the workforce once her daughter was diagnosed as medically complex.
“It was other parents who taught us how to replace a g-tube, showed us the signs of medical trauma, the qualities of a well-trained swallow therapist, and tactics for fighting insurance to cover her formula,” she says. “It’s kind of like a Waze for kids’ health,” Noor Ali says. “If your kid has ADHD, autism, or general developmental questions, we can help you know if there’s an issue and identify what that issue is.”
But it’s not just anecdotal. “The science around crowdsourced data is really strong,” she says, which is something Leeds pointed out when they first began working together. What about privacy for users who want to use the tool to get information for their own children, but don’t want to share their information?