Rozhen Kamal Mohammed-Amin is an Associate Professor at the Kurdistan Institution for Strategic Studies & Scientific Research (KISSR), Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. She is also a cofounder and President of the Cultural Heritage Organization (CHO). Rozhen has a geographically diverse and interdisciplinary intense education, training, and research in the intersection of digital technology, architecture, and heritage. She holds a BSc. in Architectural Engineering (University of Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region of Iraq), a Master’s and Ph.D. in Computational Media Design and Environmental Design (University of Calgary, Canada), and internship, visiting scholar, and fellowship experiences in New Zealand, UK, and Qatar. She is also a member of UKRI’s (UK Research and Innovation) International Development Peer Review and Talent Peer Review Colleges and an alumni of the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) program. Rozhen’s research focuses on designing, developing, and evaluating emotional AR and VR experiences for engaging with heritage (including difficult heritage) and eliciting historical empathy and cross-generational reflections. She connects her interdisciplinary digital heritage research with local and global challenges and needs such as women empowerment, peacebuilding, digital literacy, creative industry, and climate change. Her digital heritage research has received funds and partnership from the UK, USA, and the European Union.