Hala is from the Sudan, and as she was studying electrical engineering as an undergraduate in Khartoum, she and several students decided to build their own satellite.
هالا از سودان است، و او در دوران کارشناسی مهندسی برق خوانده در خارطوم، او و چندین دانش‌جوی دیگر تصمیم گرفتند  که ماهواره‌ی خودشان را بسازند.