Dr. Khadijah Angawi holds a Bachelor of Nursing from King Abdulaziz University and an MSc in Health Care Services Administration from California State University- San Bernardino. She received her PhD in Public Health from University College Dublin in Ireland. She has several years of working experience in nursing, diabetes education and quality assurance and control in health care. She has experience in teaching both graduate and undergraduate levels. Her passion is mentoring young females early in their careers. She has published in many peer reviewed journals. She is currently listed as a reviewer in the journals of BMC Health Services Research, the Journal of Diabetes Research and the Journal of Health Informatics in Developing Countries.