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Sapreet Kaur is an American civil rights activist, who is also presently executive director of theSikh Coalition in the United States. She was born on 7 May 1976 and raised in central New Jersey where her parents had arrived from Punjab in the 1960s. She went to the Sikh-oriented Khalsa School in Bridgewater, New Jersey. She graduated in marketing and international business at New York University’s Stern School of Business. After graduating, Kaur served as a volunteer in the United States Peace Corps in Kenya and Uganda (1998–2001), creating local programs in the areas of conservation, conflict resolution and organizational development. Thereafter she worked in management positions at Coach, Inc. and at Teach for America where she developed human capital leadership strategies for work aimed at overcoming inequity in education. In 2007, she became a member of the board of directors of the Sikh Coalition where she was appointed executive director in 2009. As executive director of the said esteemed organization working for the rights of Sikhs, she became the first woman to have led a Sikh civil rights organization in the United States. She also served as a board member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (2008–2014). In January 2013, she became the first Sikh to speak at a Presidential Inaugural Prayer Service in Washington D.C.. As she possesses a number of leadership qualities she was honored at the Sikh Leadership Summit 2014. She is an excellent speaker with an ardent desire to do everything possible for the protection of the rights of Sikhs so that they may fearlessly practice their faith.