Wendy Riggs was born and raised in Montreal, where she majored in Nursing at McGill. After receiving an MA from NYU she taught nursing at Cornell/NYHospital. She settled in Bronxville, NY where she raised a family and co-founded a local Hospice. She has been a continuous supporter of Touria Binebine’s work with the Soroptimists in Marrakech since 2004 when Tamaas and the girls dormitory both began.