Dina Ayman
Dina Ayman | |
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| Born | January 9, 1994 New Jersey, U.S. |
| Alma mater | New Jersey Institute of Technology |
| Occupation | Computer engineer |
Dina Ayman (born January 9, 1994) is an Egyptian-American computer engineer and advocate for diversity and inclusion in engineering.[1]
Education and career
[edit]Ayman has a bachelor's (2017) and master's (2018) degree from New Jersey Institute of Technology.[2][3] Following this she worked at Intel and for the city of Austin, Texas.[4] As of 2022, she is a software engineering program manager at Microsoft, the first Egpytian woman to hold this level of position,[5] and is an adjunct professor at New Jersey Institute of Technology.[2] Ayman works to encourage and empower women in the engineering,[6][7] and is associated with the Haya Karima project to reduce poverty and provide jobs in villages in Egypt.[8]
In 2022 she became the first woman with a hijab to compete for Miss Universe,[9][8] and was named to Forbes' 30 under 30 list.[10][11]
References
[edit]- ^ "How One Forbes Under 30 Honoree and Global Diversity and Inclusion Advocate's Work Led to a Presidential Award". Forbes.
- ^ a b El Sawy, Nada (2022-01-12). "Meet Forbes '30 under 30' recipient Dina Ayman". The National. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
- ^ "Recent Graduate Student Success Stories | Office of Graduate Studies". www5.njit.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
- ^ Broud, Tasnim (17 August 2021). "Dina Ayman: Making Moves For Women In Tech". www.muslimgirl.com. Muslim Girl.
- ^ "Program Manager at Microsoft changing the face of Tech". www.elbalad.news (in Arabic). Elbalad News. 30 July 2021.
- ^ Ahmed, Salma (August 4, 2021). "How One Egyptian Woman is Working Towards Making Computer Engineering More Diverse". scoopempire.com. Scoop Empire.
- ^ Chatterjee, Anamika (September 30, 2021). "Why it's important to have greater diversity and inclusion for women in tech". Khaleej Times. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
- ^ a b El-Sayed, Raghda (2022-03-01). "Egyptian-American Forbes Under 30 recipient Dina Ayman is Running for Miss New Jersey". El-Shai. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
- ^ Al-Youm, Al-Masry (2022-03-02). "Dina Ayman, 1st veiled Egyptian to compete for Miss Universe". Egypt Independent. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
- ^ "Dina Ayman". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
- ^ Mona Abu Al-Nasr (2021-12-18). "Forbes Hails Egyptian-American Engineer's Advocacy for Inclusion". Al-Fanar Media. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
External links
[edit]- Regan, Tracey (21 December 2018). "An Egyptian-American Engineer Does it Her Way. Intel Approves". NJIT News.
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