Marwa previously worked at a private firm and has extensive experience in removal defense with emphasis on asylum, withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture. Marwa has successfully tried numerous cases before the Executive Office for Immigration Review, Board of Immigration Appeals, and the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. In 2016, Marwa first came to the United States under the 100 Syrian Women, 10,000 Syrian Lives Jusoor Award, which was granted to only 15 Syrian women to pursue their education in the United States and Canada. Marwa earned her bachelor’s in law from Damascus University of Law and worked as an attorney at the prestigious law firm of Youssef Jumma with her father in Damascus, Syria, where she focused her practice in civil law matters. Marwa was awarded full academic scholarships and earned both her master’s degree in U.S. international and transnational law and juris doctor from Chicago-Kent College of Law. Marwa is licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois and is a member of the Illinois Bar Association and the American Immigration Lawyers Association.