From 2004 to 2009, Qaasim was a member of Third World Majority, an Oakland, California-based media collective, for which she later served as Director of Production.
Between 2008 and 2012, she served as an instructor with Seventh Native American Generation (SNAG) magazine, teaching youngsters skills in video production.
The film was awarded the Excellence in Documenting Women's Health prize from Puente a la Salud in 2013.
Additionally, Qaasim was an Associate Producer for the documentary Under Arpaio by J. M. Aragón of Pan Left Productions, which won the 2012 Best of Arizona Award at the Arizona International Film Festival and was chosen for the Sundance Institute's Creative Change Artists Retreat.
Presently, Qaasim is a board member of the Somali Association of Arizona, an organization to which she has contributed photography, video and graphic design skills since joining in 2006.