Leila joined FAU-IEA in August 2021. Prior to FAU, Leila worked for the Center for Economic Development at Cleveland State University in Ohio as a research assistant. Leila received her master’s degree in Business Administration with a Business Analytics concentration in 2018 from Virginia Tech University. She also has an M.S. in Social-Economical Systems Engineering from Kharazmi University and a B.S. in Statistics from Allameh Tabatabaei University.