Zhamilia Baiborieva is an Assistant Professor and a Coordinator of the Urban Planning and Design concentration in the Liberal Arts and Sciences department at the American University of Central Asia. She holds both a Master of Science in Architecture (2019) and a Bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture and Urban Design (2017) from Bilkent University (Turkey). Zhamilia joined AUCA in 2021 as an Assistant Professor and serves as the Urban Planning and Design concentration Coordinator in the LAS department.