Dina Ayman

Dina Ayman
Born (1994-01-09) January 9, 1994
New Jersey, U.S.
EducationNew Jersey Institute of Technology
OccupationComputer engineer

Dina Ayman (born January 9, 1994) is an American computer engineer and advocate for diversity and inclusion in engineering.[1]

Early life and education

Ayman was born in New Jersey.[2] Her family moved backed to Egypt before returning to New Jersey when Aymen was a teenager.[2] Ayman studied engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology,[2] obtained both a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in 2018.[3][4]

Career

She worked as a software engineer at Intel[5] before obtaining a job at Microsoft. In 2022, she was working as a software engineering program manager at the tech company.[6] Ayman is also an adjunct professor of engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology.[3]

In 2022 she competed in Miss Universe,[7][8] was named to Forbes' 30 under 30 list,[9] and received a presidential award from the President of Egypt for her work encouraging more women in STEM professions.[10][11]

She is a brand ambassador for the Haya Karima project to reduce poverty and provide jobs in villages in Egypt.[8][12]

References

  1. ↑ "How One Forbes Under 30 Honoree and Global Diversity and Inclusion Advocate's Work Led to a Presidential Award". Forbes.
  2. 1 2 3 "This engineer wants to be the first woman in a hijab to win Miss New Jersey". NBC News. 2022-03-28. Retrieved 2026-05-26.
  3. 1 2 El Sawy, Nada (2022-01-12). "Meet Forbes '30 under 30' recipient Dina Ayman". The National. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  4. ↑ "Recent Graduate Student Success Stories | Office of Graduate Studies". www5.njit.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  5. ↑ Broud, Tasnim (17 August 2021). "Dina Ayman: Making Moves For Women In Tech". www.muslimgirl.com. Muslim Girl.
  6. ↑ "Program Manager at Microsoft changing the face of Tech". www.elbalad.news (in Arabic). Elbalad News. 30 July 2021.
  7. ↑ Al-Youm, Al-Masry (2022-03-02). "Dina Ayman, 1st veiled Egyptian to compete for Miss Universe". Egypt Independent. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  8. 1 2 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.
  9. ↑ "Dina Ayman". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  10. ↑ Ahmed, Salma (August 4, 2021). "How One Egyptian Woman is Working Towards Making Computer Engineering More Diverse". scoopempire.com. Scoop Empire.
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ Mona Abu Al-Nasr (2021-12-18). "Forbes Hails Egyptian-American Engineer's Advocacy for Inclusion". Al-Fanar Media. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
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