Dr. Samaa Haniya is an Assistant Professor in Learning Technologies at the Graduate School of Education and Psychology at Pepperdine University. She has more than ten years of extensive experience designing, implementing, and researching e-learning practices in various academic and professional settings. Driven by a passion for educational equity, Dr. Haniya currently serves as the principal investigator of a research project to enhance AI Literacy among pre-service and in-service teachers in underserved schools in Los Angeles County. Furthermore, Dr. Haniya also serves as a co-investigator in a pioneering project that utilizes digital storytelling techniques to develop a mobile application for enhancing the well-being of individuals with disabilities. As an active member of the International Consortium for Innovation and Collaboration in Learning Engineering (ICICLE), Dr. Haniya leads the publication committee to raise awareness about the significance of learning engineering as an emerging field with a transformative potential to improve learning practices.