About us

Amina Selimovic is STLBAC’s President and Founder. She leads the Finance, Legal, Scholarship, and Social Media branches of the organization. Her work includes ensuring that the programs and finances are managed to carry out the mission of the organization. She is very passionate about leadership, mentorship, and helping the community in ways that will eliminate barriers and create lasting, positive changes.

Outside of the organization, she has served as a healthcare leader for the last 8 years. During this time, she has been able to help open multiple new hospitals and lead her teams through difficult changes while greatly increasing employee engagement and patient satisfaction scores. Currently, she is a program manager leading a team of 110 employees and managing revenues equaling over 140 million dollars.

She holds a Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Medicine Technology degree from Saint Louis University and a Master of Healthcare Administration degree from Webster University.

Outside of work, she spends most of her free time outdoors with her boys whenever possible.

Asmira Alagic serves as the Vice President of Academics for STLBAC. Her work focuses on academics of the career building process,  starting at the high school level and through college. Her team facilitates academic workshops, seminars, and field expert panels. The Academics team also gathers and disseminates available scholarships, research, and internship opportunities as resources to our mentees. Asmira is passionate about leading others towards opportunities around them.

In her fulltime career, Asmira Alagic is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at Saint Louis University.  She also serves as the Undergraduate Program Director for Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Chemical Biology and Pharmacology. During her tenure at SLU, Asmira has led numerous research projects, published in high-impact journals, and  founded multiple successful student organizations.

Asmira’s navigation through her own academic career started at Mehlville high school followed by Lindenwood University where she obtained her Bachlors of Science in Biochemistry. In 2014, Asmira graduated with her Ph.D in Analytical Chemistry from Saint Louis University.

Outside of work and service, Asmira enjoys nature, anything out-doors, and gatherings with family and friends.

Vedada Becirovic is STLBAC’s Vice President of Professional Connections. Vedada leads the Community Engagement, Event Planning, and Communications committees. Upholding the organization’s mission, values, and goals, Vedada focuses on building community connections through collaborations and partnerships, planning networking events, and leading the organization’s communications.

Vedada shares the passions of her co-founders, including leadership, mentorship, and Balkan community advancement.

Vedada was born in Vlasenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. With her family, Vedada had to flee war-torn Bosnia, moving to Switzerland and the United States when she was twelve. Vedada graduated from Affton High School in 2007. She earned her B.S. degree in biology from Webster University in 2010 and a master’s degree in analytical chemistry from Saint Louis University in 2014. Vedada graduated with her doctoral degree in Higher Education Leadership from Maryville University of Saint Louis in December 2022.

Out of graduate school, Vedada began working as an Adjunct Instructor at Maryville University, where she later moved into the Science Lab Manager role. She has worked for Maryville University since 2015, successfully manages the science laboratories and student lab assistants, and teaches chemistry.

Vedada is married, has two beautiful children, and they love spending the summers in their home country. She also enjoys spending time with her family and friends, traveling, baking, taking scenic hikes, and indulging in coffee.