Tayma A.

TechGirl: Tayma
Country: Palestinian Territories
Participation year: 2017

Tayma developed a cyber security curriculum, which will be used in the U.S. Embassy’s English Access program. She is working with Access students (ages 14-17) at AMIDEAST Palestine in Ramallah and Nour Al Huda secondary school. So far the curriculum has reached over 100 students. She has also conducted workshops for primary school parents on Smartphone safety so they can  encourage their children to practice safe  habits.

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Tayma was an organizer at the national science and engineering fair (Palsef) in May 2018. She will be a speaker at a TedX on July 13, 2018 organized by Arab American University. She will present her personal journey from being considered a difficult student in elementary school to being a straight A student and someone with international accomplishments in high school.  She graduated Al-Bireh Secondary Girls School and is deciding what to do next.