Amjed Hettini

Amjed Hettini was born in Syria to Palestinian parents, who were forced to flee their hometown of Safad, Palestine to Syria in 1948, when they were children. When he was one, his family moved to Kuwait, where Amjed spent his childhood and teenage years. Amjed moved to the United States for university, studying at schools in Kansas and Arizona before completing his degree in civil engineering at Tennessee State University in 1989. Amjed then moved to San Luis Obispo for a job with Cal Trans, where he worked for thirty-two years. His sons were both born and raised here. He recently retired and now works as a real estate broker.