Amira Dhalla
Director, Cyber Civil Defense, Aspen Digital at The Aspen Institute
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolAmira Dhalla is a cybersecurity awareness and policy leader with 11 years of experience building programs that make technology safer, more inclusive, and privacy-respecting for diverse communities. Currently Head of Cybersecurity Awareness at Aspen Digital and a Justice Fellow at UCLA, she blends program design, community organizing, and policy advocacy to advance consent-based, community-care approaches to digital security. Her background spans global nonprofit program leadership at Mozilla, consumer-facing privacy work at Consumer Reports, and academic engagement at Columbia SIPA, giving her a rare mix of grassroots community practice and institutional influence. She is finishing a Master’s focused on human rights and technology and is known for translating technical safety concepts into accessible education and scalable partnerships across sectors.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Digital Media Masters Certificate, Digital Media Masters Certificate at New York UniversityBachelor of Business Administration, Bachelor of Business Administration at Wilfrid Laurier UniversityMaster of Public Administration, Human Rights and Technology, Master of Public Administration, Human Rights and Technology at Columbia University
Github Skills (18)
mozilla8
sprint6
hosts6
foundation5
react3
java3
css2
oauth2
tweak2
identity-provider2
self-hosting1
javascript1
bootstrap1
mattermost1
scheduling1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
mozilla/womenandweb
Sep 2016 - May 2017
INACTIVE - http://mzl.la/ghe-archive - This repository hosts the code used to power the Women and Web Literacy hub's website
Contributions:28 commits, 28 pushes, 2 branches in 7 months
hostsliteracywomenpowerinactive
mozilla/learning-networks
Sep 2015 - Dec 2016
INACTIVE - http://mzl.la/ghe-archive - This repo is for tracking initiatives of the Mozilla Learning Networks team.
Contributions:47 commits, 47 pushes, 174 comments in 1 year 3 months
mozillatrackinginactive
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