Ayesha is a Ph.D. candidate at the Center for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Cybersecurity at the University of Bristol and the University of Bath.

She is currently working in security and privacy engineering for her Ph.D. project. Her primary professional experience is in academia and she also holds experience in management and policy. She is working with REPHRAIN as a researcher on the Map, for characterizing insights from research conducted by REPHRAIN projects to address and understand technology-mediated threats, harms, and vulnerabilities. She also works as a technical consultant at the Privacy Clinics initiative.