Born to immigrant parents and raised in Metro Detroit, I learned resilience early, a quality that continues to guide my work. As a cybersecurity and governance leader in pharma and life sciences, I've built my career on a simple belief: security should accelerate business, not slow it down.
As a first-generation student who navigated higher education and a career without a roadmap, I know what it means to not see a clear path forward.
That's why I'm committed to opening doors for the next generation. I believe leadership means creating pathways for others. The industry needs diverse thinkers and resilient people, and this next generation is exactly that. π
Monthly on LinkedIn I share career insights, answer questions from students and professionals, and offer practical advice for navigating tech and cybersecurity careers; because honest guidance shouldn't depend on who you know.
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I'm a member of Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) and serve on the Equity Advisory Committee (EAC) providing strategic counsel to advance equity and inclusion within the cybersecurity community, developing organizational policies, reviewing programs through an equity lens, and delivering quarterly recommendations to the Board of Directors.
OWASP Nest is the central hub for the OWASP community β a platform for discovering projects, finding contribution opportunities, and powering Google Summer of Code. I serve as a GSoC mentor, guiding students contributing to one of the most widely used open source security community platforms in the world.
I've reviewed proposals across multiple projects and developed a framework for giving feedback that's honest, specific, and leaves contributors with a clear path forward.
β Read my GSoC Mentorship Guide
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s2guild.org is a practitioner-driven community building standardized evaluation criteria for SOC 2 report reliability, helping GRC and TPRM teams make more consistent, defensible vendor trust decisions. I contribute as a community member bringing a governance and compliance practitioner perspective.
GRC TPRM SOC2 Compliance Open Source
Appointed to serve on the Board of Visitors for the Ying Wu College of Computing at NJIT, contributing an industry perspective on curriculum, strategic direction, and student opportunity. Also invited to serve as an industry judge for the Student Capstone Showcase, evaluating final-year projects across cybersecurity, software engineering, and computing disciplines, bringing a lens on security design, risk, and real-world applicability.
My connection to NJIT runs deeper than a diploma. As a student I was involved in research and program governance, and that early experience shaped my commitment to helping build what comes next, ensuring the college continues to produce the diverse, resilient technologists the industry needs most. Giving back to the institution that shaped my career, and paying it forward to the next generation of computing professionals.
NJIT Alumni Board of Visitors Capstone Judge Cybersecurity Software Engineering Student Showcase Higher Education Workforce Development
A local-first web app for structured cybersecurity mentoring programs, goal setting, session logging, milestone tracking, career resources, email templates, and PDF export. All data stays in your browser. No server, no accounts, no tracking.
Built under Marie's Mentor Mondays to give mentors and mentees a real tool for structured, purposeful programs.
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A personal recipe webapp with adjustable servings, a shopping list builder, and nutrition info, built in memory of my Teta (grandmother), who passed away recently and believed deeply that recipes are meant to be shared.
My love of cooking comes from her. She taught me that cooking is more than following instructions, it's about the simple, beautiful rhythms of daily life, thinking of others, and creating something with love. This is my way of honoring her and continuing what she taught me: that food connects us, that cooking is an act of care, and that the best meals are the ones we share.
Sahtain! (Ψ΅ΨΨͺΩΩ) β "Two healths" in Arabic, wishing you double the health and enjoyment.
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A hands-on showcase developed as part of the WiCyS / Google Cybersecurity Certificate Program, presented through the lens of a governance and risk-aware cybersecurity leader.
- Security Audits & Compliance: NIST-based security audits, risk assessments, and compliance mapping
- Incident Response: Multi-scenario threat analysis including DNS failures, DoS attacks, brute force attempts, ransomware, and phishing incidents
- Technical Security Operations: Linux/SQL security operations, file permissions management, and security investigations
- Risk & Vulnerability Management: Threat modeling using PASTA Framework, NIST SP 800-30 risk quantification, and access control design
- Security Automation: Python-based automation for log parsing, pattern matching, and security algorithm development
- SOC Analyst Workflows: Alert triage, log analysis, and threat intelligence integration using NIST IR Lifecycle
