Siroun Shamigian never thought she would become a teacher or an entrepreneur, let alone both. During her first teaching job at the age of 18, working to support herself through her studies for a Biology degree at Haigazian University, she fell in love with the profession.

During her 23 years of high school teaching, she was always among the first to explore how to use technology effectively in her classroom. When her results were consistently outstanding, the school noticed, and tasked her with supporting other teachers to do the same. This is when she discovered that Arabic teachers had access to very few support tools; and their challenges at technology integration were the most profound. At the same time, Arabic teachers were surprised to see less and less of their students able to write in Arabic. With 60% of Arab countries’ populations under the age of 25 as reported by the Middle East Youth Initiative (MEYI), she knew this problem was only going to get worse.

Siroun, therefore, took it upon herself to try and rectify this problem. “I left the job that I loved to start my entrepreneurial journey and I haven’t looked back since.”