Ummay Habiba grew up in Astoria, Queens, New York. She graduated in 2018 from Fordham University with a Bachelors of Science in Computer Science. Her passion for teaching started at a young age, as the oldest child she was in charge of helping her siblings with schoolwork. She went on to teach kids in math and science throughout high school. While in college, Ummay instructed elementary and middle school students in programming, robotics engineering and software application. Ummay is passionate about the intersection between technology and education, and still teaches. She has over five years of experience with teaching children and loves seeing them be passionate about what they are learning. She currently works full time as a DevOps Engineer in the greater New York City area. Her programming language of choice is python. In her spare time, Ummay enjoys drawing, reading, biking and running. She also loves to spend time with her family.