Samia is the founder and vice president of Arabian Child Corporation - an early childhood teacher training institute in the MENA region. Samia serves as the innovation strategist at Childhood Education International. She is also the co-founder of the Global Childhood Academy (GCA) Platform. GCA is a multi-lingual, multi-sectoral community for training institutes, universities, NGOs, and entrepreneurs that train adults who serve children. The Huffington Post named her one of the top women who are reshaping early childhood education in the Middle East. Samia started her career as a computer programmer and analyst, then obtained a master's and doctoral degree in education leadership and early childhood systems.