Mahwish received a Bachelor of Computer Science and IT degree from NED University of Engineering & Technology, Pakistan, in 2008 and a Master of Science in Computer Science degree from Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH), Sweden, in 2013. She is currently pursuing her doctoral studies at BTH.

She has been a passionate educator and a propagator of technology for education throughout her career. From 2013 to 2015, she served as an educational developer and trainer for the Teaching and Learning Network at  The Aga Khan University Hospital; where she encouraged the use of blended learning to support student-centered teaching and learning across Pakistan, East Africa, UK, and Canada. She helped facilitate and redesign the AKU-wide Faculty Development Program.

She has also contributed to 2 EU projects, Creative Traditional Companies Corporation, and Connect2SmallPorts, and represented BTH, Sweden as a project partner in both projects. The focus of the projects was to provide support for Blue and Green Growth in Sweden, Poland, Germany, Lithuania, and Denmark. Prior to embarking on her research, Mahwish had rendered her deft services as an SAP Engagement Executive – the propeller to support the adoption of SAP Cloud ERP in Muscat, Oman. And have facilitated business development activities for an embedded software security provider with customers and partners based in USA.