She earned a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to law school, Shafiqa worked in an Insurance Real Estate Law firm as a Claims Assistant assisting to settle insurance claims before it went to litigation. She then went on to receive her J.D. from the University of San Francisco, School of Law. Shafiqa has had ample experience in immigration and family law/dependency through legal practice. Shafiqa has also completed an internship as the law clerk for Honorable Harry M. Dorfman in the San Francisco Superior Court. She is currently practices immigration and family law. Her focuses for Immigration are corporate, family based, and asylum petitions. Family law wise, she focuses on dependency and custody cases.