Haleemah Sadiah is a design researcher and strategist at Catapult Design, where she serves as Design Lead. She designs and runs participatory research and synthesis processes that inform product, service, and policy decisions, with a focus on global health, education, and entrepreneurship. Her work looks at how people experience care infrastructures, and how they can be made more intuitive, functional, and joyful.

Haleemah has led mixed-methods research in Kenya, Senegal, Nigeria, India, and the U.S., working with multilingual teams and partners such as the Gates Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. She currently facilitates Indigenizing Design, Catapult’s ongoing work with the Indigenous Community Collaborative to develop an Indigenous design methodology.

Haleemah holds an MFA in Design for Sustainability from Savannah College of Art and Design and a Bachelor’s in Accessory Design from the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Bangalore. Her master’s thesis, done in partnership with Jaipur Rugs, focused on strengthening cultural competence between the brand and its women carpet weavers. She was named a GreenBiz Group 30 Under 30 honoree in 2023.