Zaira Pirzada

Zaira Pirzada is a multi-lingual poet, an artist, a technologist, and an academic. Her art is inspired by her wide range of professional roles and the double-conscious experience of being an Indian-Pakistani-American woman. A principal advisor at one of the world's leading information technology research and advisory companies and a board member of Women at Gartner, Zaira holds an M.A. in International Affairs focused on security, intelligence, and crisis communications. She is amid furthering her education by pursuing an M.S. in Engineering in Data Science and Security Informatics from Johns Hopkins University. Zaira has worked at leading think tanks and appeared in international media for her expertise in intelligence gathering. Zaira, who won Miss Pakistan USA 2018, is also a Meisner-trained actress from the William Esper Studio in New York City and counts acting and spoken word among her greatest passions.