Fareedah Shaheed was born in Maryland but spent most of her childhood outside of the United States. She returned to the US in 2013 and attended the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC), where she majored in Cybersecurity.
In her free time, Fareedah likes to play League of Legends, read psychology and self-help books, and learn more about the securing the human factor of Cybersecurity.
She is a Year Up alumna and is currently a Security Control Analyst at a Financial Firm in Maryland.