About the Author

Saira Mumtaz

Author of I Built the Door: A Memoir of a Girl Raised to Be a Wife, survivor advocate, mother of three and IT Project Manager.

Saira Mumtaz, author of I Built the Door, black and white portrait
Her story

Saira Mumtaz was born into a high-control household where her future was decided before she was old enough to name her own dreams. Her memoir traces what it meant to survive abuse, an arranged marriage at seventeen, controlling relationships, family separation and the cultural silence that protected everyone except the child who needed protection.

After leaving, Saira rebuilt her life while raising her children and establishing a career in information technology. Her public work explores survival, single motherhood, high-functioning trauma, ADHD in women, perimenopause and the courage required to break generational cycles.

“Every video I post is an act of defiance. Every page of this book is too.”
Topics

What she speaks to.

Memoir

Survival, defiance and becoming.

Advocacy

Breaking cycles of silence and abuse.

Work

IT project leadership and sustainable ambition.

Official profiles

Follow @sairatalk