Egyptian-American Forbes Under 30 recipient Dina Ayman is Running for Miss New Jersey. Dina Ayman is an Egyptian-American advocate for diversity and inclusion, a Microsoft program manager on the Windows team, an adjunct professor in computer engineering at the NJIT, and a Forbes Under 30 recipient.

She was recently named ambassador of Haya Karima, an initiative created by Egypt’s president to help alleviate poverty in the country.

Dina announced her participation via her Instagram and stated:

“The titles were never ever held by a hijabi in history, and I’m here to make that history, universe! To give people who look like me a chance to represent more than 2 billion Muslims around the world.

Being a woman in Technology made me appreciate being a minority advocating for women empowerment & diversity and inclusion.”

We are wishing Dina all the best!