Maria Mobasseri
Title: Chair
Department:
Computer Science and Information Technology
Office: B116A
Email: mmobasseri@parkland.edu
Education
BS, Electrical Engineering, University of Massachusetts
MS, Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois
Maria Mobasseri says she’s “blessed to be on the forefront of information technology due to my profession” as department chair for Computer Science and Information Technology. She is also proud of all the Parkland student success stories she hears and appreciates Parkland’s “open door policy to serve people of all backgrounds.”
For Maria, a vacation is any place that gives her peace of mind; this can even be in her Champaign home, where she enjoys spending time with her two daughters and her dog, or the gym, where she enjoys “cleansing my body and soul.” Dance, modeling, and figure building are among her pursuits. Her advice for students is to “put passion in anything that you do, and life is not a chore anymore!”