Born in Oakland, parents born in Ibb Yemen, raised in Contra Costa County. I graduated from Deer Valley High School in 2008, attended LMC and DVC and transferred to UCSC where I majored in Electrical Engineering, I was active with AAYSP during my senior year and first year in Grad school while attending SJSU where I majored in EE with an emphasis in signal processing. I experienced bottlenecks due to my background and being the first one in my greater family to attend University. I received intangible and tangible assistance from my AAYSP mentors. My first job after grad school was a small start up developing an autonomous cameraman. I then moved to Boston area in 2016 where I stayed for a couple years, briefly moved back to the Bay Area and then moved to Phoenix Area for a couple years. Now I’m in Bakersfield Area working for my own consulting company with clients in Southern California.