Raabia Wazir was born and raised in Charleston, West Virginia. She studied agricultural biotechnology at the University of Kentucky as an undergraduate, and later worked with the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Washington, D.C. Raabia returned to Lexington in 2010 to attend the University of Kentucky College of Law, and has practiced as an attorney in Pikeville, Kentucky, with the law offices of Gary C. Johnson, PSC since 2013. Raabia is also the founder and lead organizer for Progress Pike, an organization dedicated to promoting progressive causes in Pike County, Kentucky. She enjoys photography, cooking, traveling, and spoiling her geriatric hound dog.