Dina Ayman
Software engineer
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Dina Ayman (born January 9, 1994) is an Egyptian-American computer engineer and advocate for diversity and inclusion in engineering.[1]
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| Born | January 9, 1994 New Jersey, U.S. |
| Alma mater | New Jersey Institute of Technology |
| Occupation | Computer engineer |
Education and career
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 Egyptian 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]
