Isra Shabir
Director Of Programs at Fareezah: The Educational Initiative
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolIsra Shabir is a technology and social impact entrepreneur and engineering leader with 11 years of experience building education-focused programs and production software. As Director of Programs at Girls Make Games, she has grown curriculum, partnerships, and operations from hands-on technical roles to strategic leadership, blending product, pedagogy, and community development. Her background includes early-stage engineering at startups like RapidSOS and BitSight, plus research at MIT CSAIL where she analyzed large user datasets—bringing a data-informed approach to program design. She combines full-stack and backend engineering chops with a talent for scaling learning experiences that increase access to tech for girls and women. Based in Raleigh, Isra pairs MIT computer science training with a track record of launching bootcamps, scholarships, and VR initiatives, often turning technical prototypes into impactful educational programs.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Summer Study Abroad German Language and Literature, Summer Study Abroad German Language and Literature at Freie Universität Berlin International Summer and Winter University (FUBiS)Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
German, English, Urdu, Arabic, Chinese
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Github Skills (14)
python-client10
elasticsearch-client10
elastic8
elasticsearch8
python8
emberjs6
angular5
continuous-integration5
nodejs5
continuous-deployment4
docker3
data-analysis2
devops2
kubernetes2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
bxie/ai2_analysis
Mar 2015 - Aug 2015
Contributions:19 commits, 1 PR, 14 pushes in 4 months
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isra-shabir/IpV6-Heat-Map
Mar 2016 - Apr 2016
Contributions:13 pushes, 1 branch in 6 days
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