Hala Sun received her Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Education at the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB), with dual specializations in Applied Linguistics and Writing Studies. She holds a Masters of Arts degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (MATESOL, 2013), with Magna Cum Laude. In 2010, she obtained her first Masters degree in Public Administration (MPA) with Cum Laude, specializing in International Management at the Monterey Institute of International Studies.