She was educated at
Beaconsfield High School (Grammar School) for girls and studied medicine at
Kings College, graduating in 2012. She was awarded a Merit in Clinical Medicine and Special Study as part of her degree and awarded the Associate of Kings College Prize. She began her career in medicine as a junior doctor working for the NHS at
St Mary's Hospital specialising in
gastroenterology. She has subsequently worked at
Hillingdon Hospital,
Watford General Hospital, Northwick Park Hospital and charing Cross Hospital. Saliha has worked as a specialist registrar in gastroenterology since 2017 in North West London Deanery and is working toward becoming a consultant in this speciality. She has completed a master's in clinical obesity and nutrition at UCL, for which she was awarded the prestigious 'Deans List' prize. She began cooking at the age of 12 and was heavily influenced by the
Kashmiri style of cooking of her maternal grandmother and mother. ==Publications==