Heba Farid was born and grew up in Cairo and attended school at DSB (Deutsche Schule Der Borromarinnen), college at AASTMT, MBA at AASTMT, and Ph.D. at the University of Huddersfield, England. She had the privilege of being a part of AASTMT – Management and Technology - since 2009 and started first as Teaching Assistant in 2009 then as Assistant Lecturer in 2012. Together with an amazing team and loving environment, she is the head of the Academic Advising Committee (AASTMT, Smart Village Branch) since July 2020, as we know that students’ academic path is our responsibility, after achieving my Ph.D. viva in June 2020. She is looking forward to having a continous positive impact on students with the amazing team.