Dr. Heba Al-Fares was born in Jordan in 1973. She has two doughter.  Dr. Alfares  earned her Ph.D. in Horticulture and field crops with emphasis on quantitative genetics  from the University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan,  2010. She was the chairman of plant production and protection department, teacher and the coordinator of plant production master program at An Najah National University during the 2013-2016 where she has been a staff member since 2010. As a researcher Dr. Al-Fares focus on increasing crops production using applied and basic sciences.  Over the years, she has supervised many thesis and graduate projects related to crop production and stress tolerance.  In addition to her active membership in many scientific committees, she participated in EU H2020 proposals evaluation and listed as expert in her field of study. At social level she has great interest in human rights and gender equity enforcement. In 2017-2018 she acquired certificate as TOT in gender equity