Meet Dina

Age: 24
Rank: Captain
Military Role: Special Operations Officer in the Cyber Defense Directorate
Studies: Computer Science and Entrepreneurship, Schulich Leader
Calling: Entrepreneur

Dina was on a trek in Nepal and was nearly stranded when the war broke out, but she managed to return on a rescue flight and went straight to her base for reserve duty. There she helped with communications in critical war operations. “The experience filled me with pride every day,” she says. “But I felt like I was in parallel worlds as I tried to simultaneously keep up with school and support those around me.”

Dina is in her second year in the Schulich Leaders program, a joint Canadian-Israeli scholarship for outstanding STEM undergraduates created by Canadian business magnate Seymour Schulich. Dina herself has been an outstanding STEM and computer science student since high school. She also began developing her pro-social leadership skills early on as a volunteer fire fighter in her hometown of Or Akiva in northern Israel, and by attending a mixed Arab/Jewish pre-army leadership academy before serving five years as an officer in an IDF cyber unit.

Says Dina, “the Shulich Scholarship has made a significant impact on my life by easing the financial burden of university studies. Over the past six months it has been especially meaningful, allowing me to focus on my reserve duties, studies, and personal growth.”
 

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