Born and raised in a small village in Mosul, Iraq, I was fascinated by technology from a young age. My father got me my first computer when I was 6. It opened up a whole new world for me. I was curious about how the video games I was playing were made. Later I found out that video games were made with lines of code, so I decided to learn computer programming on my own.

As I started learning, war started in my city and change my life. I tried to continue my self-education by reading on Python and C++, but there was little hope for an education during conflict. After the war ended, I started a coding boocamp with an international organization called Re:Coded, where I found a community of technologists and learn the skills I needed to become a developer. Today, I leverage my skills and life experience to build products for local and international clients.