2001, MSc in Population Studies (Hons., Penrose Award), American University of Beirut. Twenty-four years of experience in the United Nations, currently leading the Programme on Ageing. Permanent co-Chair the Inter-Agency Group on Ageing (32 entities). Recipient of the 2022 Rosalie Wolf Memorial Award from the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse. Originally from Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and proud mother to a son.