Our Mission
Our mission is to spread the importance of leadership among the teenagers and provide a supportive and positive learning platform for them to develop International standard communication and leadership skills.
Our Vision
To produce inspiring teen-leaders who can speak with passion and power, and lead with purpose and love.
Who Are We?
Future Stars is a gavel club for Toastmasters International, a world wide network of clubs teaching adults around the world the art of public speaking. However, Future Stars targets youth in teaching them communication and leadership skills they will need in their future. The members attending are ages mostly 14-17. Future Stars is proudly for the youth and run by the youth, with guidance from coaches. The club collects nominal annual fee for books, speech material, speech contests and other club expenses. The club coaches are dedicated community servants and experts in public speaking and communication.
Our Story |
Our club had humble beginnings in August 2015. Thanks to our skilled, trained, and experienced Coach Tahseen who moved from Portland, Oregon and dedicated members, we reached unbelievable heights in less than a year. With Edward Beekman, a highly qualified and experienced coach joining our team, our club has reached further heights since 2017. Every week we have visiting expert guest speakers and workshops to improve and develop our communication and leadership skills. We look forward to expanding our club's activities and continue succeeding further in the coming years.
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What We Do |
In every meeting, we have a prepared agenda, guest speakers and/or workshops, and club member speeches.
Run like a toastmasters meeting, members of the club are assigned roles that they must carry out. The roles are:
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Meet our CoachesHead Coach Tahseen Mohammad
Tahseen Mohammad is an IT professional, passionate speaker and leader. He has over twenty years of IT experience that includes 10 years in data warehousing and analytics. He is currently working as an Enterprise Architect at JDA Software. He joined Toastmasters about 10 years ago and since then he is offering volunteer services in running youth leadership clubs for middle and high school students. His students have participated and advanced in international speech contests and landed scholarships and awards. He regularly participates in public speaking events especially competing in Toastmasters speech contests. He won numerous trophies and awards in various speech contests including district level contests. Mr. Mohammad holds MBA from Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) with professional certifications and diplomas in Software Engineering, ITIL V3, Project Management (PMP), Quality Assurance, Six Sigma Methodologies and Azure public cloud. |
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Coach Nathaniel Roberts
Nathaniel Roberts is a graduate of Business Administration in Management at the University of Texas at Arlington.He has spent several years overseas in the country of Turkey and is fluent in the Turkish language. He is trained in professional sales, marketing research and buyer behavior. He currently is the Vice President of Marketing for a Virtual Reality Startup called Haptic Solutions that was recognized with the Mavs 100 award for the top 100 startups by UTA graduates. He also works in operations with Alliance Neurodiagnostics, which is the largest provider of in-home EEG neurological testing in the United States. In college Nathaniel discovered his natural talent and love for public speaking giving class presentations. He further developed his skills by running the weekly meetings as Vice President of the UTA video game developers club. Despite his success, Nathaniel knew his public speaking skills needed improving and that is where he found Toastmasters. Toastmasters is an organization dedicated to cultivating excellence in leadership and communication through public speaking. Within the Toastmasters education program he was awarded the Competent Communicator and Competent Leader award. Nathaniel also served as the Secretary, Vice President of Public Relations, Vice President of Education and as President of the Irving Toastmasters Club. He has successfully competed in public speaking competitions and was awarded first place in the Area 61 public speaking championship. Nathaniel considers himself to be a continuous learner, and is passionate about sharing his knowledge and experience with the Future Stars youth so they can benefit from the confidence and opportunities of strong public speaking. |
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Coach Laura Tahri
Laura is a small-town farm-girl transplanted to the big city in her teens and her personality is a unique blend of both. She is a down-to-earth yet dynamic person, and these qualities shine brightly no matter what the setting. She is also a twin-mom, her daughters are 24. She is a fan of karaoke, all kinds of music and art as well as cooking. Laura works as a Director of Clinical Services for a healthcare organization, and has five departments under her care. She has also been with Irving Toastmasters for two and a half years. She has completed both her Competent Communicator and Competent Leader and is currently working level three in Pathways. She finds that her time spent with Toastmasters enriches her life and her success in her role at work. |
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Club Officers
President: Afeefa Tahseen
VP of Education: Wafiqah Zubair
Sergeant at Arms: Abdullah Farooqi
Rahma is the Sergeant Of Arms for the year 2019-2021 and this is her second year in Toastmasters.
She is from Toronto, Canada and enjoys learning and skating. She hopes to help the club grow and would
like to stay a part of it for many years.
Rahma is the Sergeant Of Arms for the year 2019-2021 and this is her second year in Toastmasters.
She is from Toronto, Canada and enjoys learning and skating. She hopes to help the club grow and would
like to stay a part of it for many years.
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Treasurer: Batoul Hussein My name is Faris Kazi and I am a junior at North Hills Preparatory School and I like to spend time with my friends and family, I love basketball, and am very competitive and enjoy new challenges. One of the main reasons that I am in Toastmasters is because I was inspired when I saw Kobe Bryant speak. He was one of my favorite basketball players and he inspired me beyond basketball through his ability to tell stories and engage listeners in his speech. He used these methods to teach listeners about basketball and inspire them in interviews, seminars, and motivational videos. This was very impactful on me and although I probably cannot be as great of a basketball player as he was, he filled me with a desire to be as great of a speaker as he was and inspire hundreds of people. |
Secretary: Jasmine Saleem
Jasmine is a junior at the Islamic School of Irving and the oldest of four siblings. She loves to read, spend time with her friends, and play basketball. She has been a part of toastmasters for almost two years now and hopes to stay a part of it for many years. As the secretary, she is responsible for keeping track of club records and recording meeting minutes for club and officer meetings.
Jasmine is a junior at the Islamic School of Irving and the oldest of four siblings. She loves to read, spend time with her friends, and play basketball. She has been a part of toastmasters for almost two years now and hopes to stay a part of it for many years. As the secretary, she is responsible for keeping track of club records and recording meeting minutes for club and officer meetings.
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Media Manager 1: Mariyam Zaki
Naaila is a senior at iSchool of Lewisville. She enjoys art, cooking, and photography. |
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Media Manager 2: Zunaira Firdous
Aamna is a junior at Islamic School of Irving. She has lived in the U.S for most of her life, but lived in Saudi Arabia for two years. Her hobbies include reading and playing basketball. |
