Oral History Interview with Mafruza Begum
Mafruza Begum is the owner of Mersiha Homecare Services LLC in Hamtramck, Michigan. She opened the business in 2014. She was inspired to open a homecare service after her father suffered from a stroke and was unable to find culturally sensitive and Bangla language homecare services for her father. She is one of metro Detroit's Bangladeshi Women Entrepreneurs.
Photographs From Mafruza Begum's Business, Mersiha Homecare Services LLC
Mafruza Begum is the owner of Mersiha Homecare Services LLC in Hamtramck, Michigan. She opened the business in 2014. She was inspired to open a homecare service after her father suffered from a stroke and was unable to find culturally sensitive and Bangla language homecare services for her father. She is one of metro Detroit's Bangladeshi Women Entrepreneurs.
Pictures of Mafruza Begum's Father Md Dula Miah
Mafruza Begum moved to New York with her family in 1992. The family later moved to Michigan in 1998 for better socioeconomic opportunities. Her father Md Dula Miah suffered a stroke while caused him to become partially paralyzed and requiring homecare services. The family was unable to find him adequate services in Bangla and with the cultural sensitivities of Bangladeshi family values.
