Saleemah is the CEO of New Life Stories, a specialist family systems agency that supports families impacted by incarceration. New Life Stories is committed to strengthening families and giving children a fairer start to life.

She started her career in the private sector before moving to work for UNIFEM, UN Women and UNDP for over 15 years. In 2006, she also co-founded Aidha, a nonprofit business school for female migrant workers to achieve economic independence through financial education Saleemah serves on a few nonprofit boards, in Singapore and the region including Hope Villages. a community development project in Cambodia. She has also served on a few non-profit boards such as the Singapore Council of Women Organisations, a national coordinating board for women in Singapore.

Saleemah is also sitting on the President’s Challenge Council, the National Committee for Prevention of Crime and Rehabilitation, the Asia Pacific Confederation Against Drugs, Singapore Committee for International Society for Substance Use Professionals and MMO Rehab Network Workstream for Families and Children.