Hoda Touny has been working in the field of higher education in Egypt for eight years. She comes from a media background that unleashed her passion towards education, social equity and youth development. She worked on a number of scholarship programs that target financially and socially underprivileged youth from all over Egypt. As a mentor and an adviser, she closely interacts with Egyptian and Arab youth in fostering their academic standing, boosting their leadership competencies and life skills, and advancing their employability attributes. Working on such projects, she dealt with key of international donors, such as USAID and number of local donors, such as Orascom Construction Industries and Misr ElKheir. She participated in the 2012 Leadership Educators Institute sponsored by ACPA, NASPA and the National Clearinghouse for Leadership Programs. The conference took place in Ohio, US. She is also passionate about the use of creative methods in education. In 2015, she completed her MA degree in edutainment from Bristol School of Animation, UK, where she dedicated her research in using animation as tool for education. Today, she is working as Academic Advising and Partnerships Manager at Local Scholarship Program, a USAID funded project managed by Institute of International Education (IIE)
