Rasha is the wastewater treatment specialist at EPCOR Water where she acts as the subject matter expert for microbiological monitoring, biological nutrient removal and disinfection processes. She completed her PhD in Environmental Microbiology at the University of British Columbia and her MSc degrees at the Harvard School of Public Health and Dalhousie University. She is the chair of the WEF Waterborne Infectious Disease Outbreak Control (WIDOC) subcommittee, which received the WEF 2020 Water Heroes award for their work on COVID-19. She also received Empowering Women in Industry “Leadership in STEM/STEAM” award in 2020 and the WEF Volunteer Service Recognition in 2021. She serves on the editorial boards of Science of the Total Environment and Data in Brief. When she’s not working, she enjoys travelling with her family, and playing Minecraft with her eleven-year-old daughter.