Saadat joined Catholic charities in 2022 as an Interpreter/Navigator with the Immigration Legal Services team in our Cedar Rapids office. He graduated from Afghanistan Airforce Officer’s Academy and served as a lieutenant in the Afghan Airforce. Saadat had his military flight school in Kosice, Slovakia in the Slovak training academy at the faculty of aeronautics where he flew helicopters on behalf of the Afghan Airforce. Saadat speaks Dari, Pashto, Farsi, Urdu, and English and is passionate about breaking the language barrier within the Afghan community and helping immigrant communities in general.