asan Siddiqi (Franklin, NY) was born in New Hampshire to Pakistani immigrants in 1989. He graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover, MA in 2007 and from Tufts University with a BA in History of the Middle East and South Asia in 2012. Shortly after graduating from college he moved to Delaware County to be closer to the Osmanli Dergahi Sufi Muslim community in Sidney Center. He taught at Sidney Elementary and Middle School for a year; when the community opened The Tulip and the Rose Cafe, Hasan began working at the restaurant and soon became a manager, where he has worked ever since.