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Cyber Defense Extern
Extern · Internship
Feb 2026 – Present · 2 mos

President, WiCyS GMU – Student Chapter
May 2025 – Present · 10 mos

• Lead a core team of 13 executives board members and delegates, provisioning responsibilities and ensuring the successful execution of chapter initiatives. Direct all chapter operations and strategic planning to meet national WiCyS standards.
• Coordinate technical and professional development workshops and networking events, attracting over 100 registered students, professors, and industry professionals. •
• Collaborate with top companies (CrowdStrike, AWS, Verizon, and more) to provide students with industry insights and gain technical knowledge.

Co-President Delegate
Aug 2024 – May 2025 · 10 mos

• Collaborated with sitting president and co-president to plan student events and coordinate communications with members, faculty, and industry professionals to ensure successful cooperation.
• Lead and participate in WiCyS GMU-led Capture-the-Flag (CTF) teams, representing the chapter across various competitions.

Private Tutor
Sara’s Media · Self-employed
Aug 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 8 mos
Manassas, Virginia, United States · Hybrid

• Founded a tutoring business for elementary and middle school students to improve math, science, and reading skills, and help them advance in class.
• Cooperate with parents of students with disabilities to enhance their learning experience.

Cyber Researcher
George Mason University – Costello College of Business
May 2024 – Aug 2024 · 4 mos
Researched United States adversaries’ use of AI in malware development and network security infrastructure. Supported by USCYBERCOM.

Beauty Advisor
Ulta Beauty · Part-time
Aug 2023 – Mar 2024 · 8 mos On-site

• Acknowledged and advised customers on purchasing decisions to deliver exceptional customer service.
• Collaborated with associates and managers to meet sales goals and prepare store events.
• Ensured with detail that fixtures are fully stocked with merchandise, maintained overall store cleanliness, and completed tasks as assigned.

Social Media Manager
Creative Education and Publishing · Part-time
Jul 2021 – Jul 2023 · 2 yrs 1 mo
Manassas, Virginia, United States

• Built the company’s social media presence by creating enticing graphics for advertisements.
• Managed business-to-business communications (respond to customer concerns and managed their orders patiently and promptly).

EnvisionPeace Executive Director
LeadPeace · Part-time
Jul 2020 – Jul 2023 · 3 yrs 1 mo
At LeadPeace, I worked to empower young people to achieve the peace they envision in their communities by planning interdisciplinary workshops and events with notable guest speakers. These events foster a safe space for youth to explore all the unique aspects of peac-building and leadership. Throughout the summer of 2021, I collaborated with team members to curate and host a two-day Culture Festival held in August with two other organizations, MYAN and Generation Ratify. Students from all over the world joined online to share their experiences as people of different ethnicities and backgrounds.

Actor
ACTFL · Contract
Mar 2021 – Mar 2023 · 2 yrs 1 m
Alexandria, Virginia, United States

Played the role of a student from another country having a simulated video chat in select language (Arabic) with an American student learning the language for video production for ACTFL’s Assessment of Performance toward Proficiency (AAPPL).

Education

George Mason University
Bachelor of Science – BS, Cybersecurity Engineering
Jun 2023 – May 2027

• University Scholar: One of 19 students selected to join a four-year cohort of 64 total students that represent the top 1% of admitted freshmen each year. •
• NACME Scholar • Dean’s List

King Abdullah Academy
International Baccalaureate
Aug 2016 – Jun 2023

Activities and societies: Student Government (Vice President), Social Justice Club (President), Art Club (President) Other: Model United Nations, Our Minds Matter, Project Humanity, Community Service Club

Licenses & certifications

React.js for Beginners
Simplilearn
Issued Feb 2026
Credential ID 9801694
Skills: React.js, JavaScript

Getting Started with Node.js
Simplilearn
Issued Feb 2026
Credential ID 9796411

NCL Fall 2025 Team Game
Cyber Skyline
Issued Nov 2025
Credential ID DFJDPDBM011D

NCL Fall 2025 Individual Game
Cyber Skyline
Issued Nov 2025
Credential ID X5PDFXQBEP41

CompTIA Security+ ce Certification
CompTIA
Issued Aug 2025 · Expires Aug 2028

NCL Fall 2024 Team Game
Cyber Skyline
Credential ID cyberskyline.com/verify/QAC8TJCND3WW

Projects

Scannet

• Developed a Python-based network security scanner capable of performing comprehensive network assessments.
• Implemented ARP scanning, TCP SYN-based port scanning, and banner grabbing to identify active devices, open ports, and running services on a network. Integrated a vulnerability check by comparing captured service banners against a list of known vulnerabilities.
• Technologies used include Python, Scapy, Socket Programming, TCP/IP Networking.

Skills: Python (Programming Language), Scapy

SkillSecure

• Developed a dynamic web application using React and Tailwind CSS to assess users’ cybersecurity skills and recommend tailored courses based on their quiz results.
• Integrated animations to enhance user engagement and deliver a visually appealing experience throughout the course recommendation process.
• Designed and implemented a responsive UI, ensuring compatibility across various devices and seamless interaction.

Skills: Web Development, JavaScript, +3 skills

SuperPass

• Developed a password manager creating a bootstrapped dataset of user-generated passwords graded on complexity. Provides encryption and decryption features for the dataset using ROT13 by default.
• Trained Random Forest model on bootstrapped user data to visualize features of “Best Importance” over multiple trials and created visual representations of the accuracy of each trial.
• Created and utilized SysML models with Magic Software Architect to communicate and document software architecture.

Skills: Python (Programming Language), Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), +2 skills

Skills

Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
SuperPass

SysML
SuperPass

Project Management
President at WiCyS GMU – Student Chapter
SuperPass

Team Leadership
President at WiCyS GMU – Student Chapter

Splunk
George Mason University

OWASP
George Mason University

Scapy
Scannet

Socket Programming
Scannet

Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP)
Scannet

Network Security
Scannet

Web Development
SkillSecure

JavaScript
SkillSecure

React.js for Beginners
React.js
SkillSecure

HTML5
SkillSecure

Software Development
Front-End Development
React.js for Beginners

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
SkillSecure

Research
Cyber Researcher at George Mason University – Costello College of Business

For more skills, see LinkedIn

Source: LinkedIn

Honors & awards

NACME Scholar
Aug 2024
Associated with George Mason University
 
Dean’s List
Issued by George Mason University · Aug 2023
Associated with George Mason University
Dean’s List F23, SP24, F25.

University Scholar
Issued by George Mason University May 2023
Associated with George Mason University
One of 19 students selected to join a four-year cohort of 64 total students that represent the top 1% of admitted freshmen each year.

QuestBridge Finalist
Issued by QuestBridge · Oct 2022

Languages

Arabic
Native or bilingual proficiency

Chinese
Elementary proficiency

English
Native or bilingual proficiency

Korean
Limited working proficiency

Web Links

• LinkedIn
• WiCyS

WiCyS Conference

Source: Other

My second year attending the Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) National Conference! SO much to appreciate, but here are some highlights

> I had a chance to “Build, Break, Defend: Securing the Model Context Protocol” in a workshop hosted by Shruti Datta Gupta and Spandana Sarala Gorantla. I was introduced to the fundamentals of Anthropic‘s MCP — its architecture, components, and role in enabling agentic interoperability. We moved into a CTF-style break phase, then utilized threat-modeling frameworks (STRIDE & MITRE ATLAS) to design practical mitigations.

> The ICS Escape Room by Idaho National Laboratory was amazing. It was so surreal seeing my classwork at GMU come to life as we simulated a catastrophe, combining forensics + physical controls + networking in a team-based environment.

> Favorite presentation: Shannon McHale‘s “GCP CL-WHY: The Hacker’s and the Hero’s Guide to the CLI”, which I attended alongside Shriya Pasyavala and my Bloomberg Bear (ifykyk). We explored what we can do to proactively lock down the gateway to our cloud environments, presented through the POV of an attacker.

> Seeing familiar faces (particularly Yasmin K.‘s keynote at lunch + an impromptu iftar run with Maha N.), making new friends, and connecting with valuable people and resources. It was even more special experiencing this with my lovely WiCyS GMU – Student Chapter. 💜

I could go on for days – all praise to God. Round 3 in Colorado insha’Allah? hashtag#WiCyS hashtag#Cybersecurity hashtag#WiCyS2026

See LinkedIn post for more photos.