Background
Hakim is a graduate of Rutland High School Rutland, Vermont. She has earned a Bachelor's Degree from Smith College and a Master's Degree and honorary doctorate from Goucher College.
She was a schoolteacher in Syracuse, NY, Omaha, Nebraska, and Virginia Beach, VA. Hakim was also an assistant editor of McGraw-Hill's World News in New York City, a reporter for the Ledger-Star in Norfolk, VA and a business writer for the Virginian-Pilot, also located in Norfolk. In 1978, she became the first woman to be an associate editor and editorial writer for the Virginian-Pilot.
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