Qabas Maraqa

Qabas Maraqa

Fellowship year

2016 - 2017

Field

Children - Youth Development

Placement when a fellow

Entrepreneurship and Employment Officer - INJAZ

Current employment &/or degree seeking

Trainer - Hello World Kids

Higher education

Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering

Current country of residence

Jordan

Biography

Qabas is someone who has always wanted to represent and help her community by using her IT background. In looking for an opportunity in civil society, she discovered the Lazord Fellowship. During the fellowship she worked as an entrepreneurship and employment officer at INJAZ. After the fellowship Qabas got the chance to travel to Romania to work with children and children with disabilities for 6 months. Qabas is now on her way to achieving her dreams by teaching children how to code and to develop computer programs.