She earned a dental degree from the University of Garyounis (now University of Benghazi) in Benghazi, Libya, and an MS and PhD in Oral Biology and Maxillofacial Pathology from Augusta University. She received several research awards as an AU graduate student and she joined the DCG Faculty in 2019. Her teaching and research interests include Molecular Biology, Cancer Biology, Oral Pathology and Anatomy.
Her service activities include multiple department faculty search committees, the DCG Curriculum Committee and the Graduate Admissions Committee, and she serves on the editorial boards as a manuscript reviewer for several biomedical science journals.
She was nominated by the DCG Sophomore Class officers and the concluding comments on her letter stated: “She genuinely enjoys education, she is an amazing role model and anyone who has witnessed her teach can agree- to know her is to love her, and that we do. We cannot think of another faculty member more deserving of this award.”