About Nora

My name is Nora, and I hold an MS/MBA (2022) from Harvard Business School in Biotechnology and Life Sciences. My passion for healthcare began when my family emigrated from Syria to the U.S., and we faced the challenges of navigating the healthcare system as non-citizens. This experience motivated me to pursue a career focused on expanding access to life-saving therapies. I studied biology at Cornell University, where I became interested in drug pricing and pharmaceutical management. After graduating, I joined Roivant Sciences, where I worked with families of children with ultra-rare diseases like Tay-Sachs. These conversations taught me the importance of listening to patients and families to drive meaningful innovation. I further honed my leadership skills by pursuing a dual degree MS/MBA at Harvard, where I interned at Genentech on the commercial marketing team for rare neuro diseases. Currently, I’m the Director of Strategy & Operations at a biotech startup in San Francisco, where I lead efforts to develop gene therapies for serious liver diseases. On the side, I am also an RYT-200 certified yoga teacher and practice meditation daily (shout out to Sam Harris's Waking Up App!)