Born in September 1985 in Kuala Kurau, Perak, Norazila began her early school days at SK Matang Gerdu before advancing to SMK Sri Kurau, Perak. With 9A’s Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) result in hand, she furthered her higher learning in Diploma of Aeronautics Engineering at UTM Semarak, Kuala Lumpur, and managed to graduate with First Class Honours. Her educational excellence journey continued in UTM Skudai with Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical-Aeronautical), which also awarded her with First Class Honours. In 2010, she had an opportunity to join the UTM’s Tutor Scheme program which required her to obtain Master and Ph.D. Degree before she can be a full-fledged lecturer in UTM. Under supervision of an Indian nationals Professor, Prof. Dr. Subramaniam Krishnan (https://www.propulsion-skrishnan.com/profile.html), she had successfully completed her Master of Engineering (Mechanical) Degree with First Class Honour while bearing her first child with her. On September 2012, Norazila’s educational jihad continued when she had an opportunity to join the Tokyo Metropolitan Unversity’s scholarship program called Asian Human Resources Fund and opened the door to her PhD journey in Tokyo, Japan. Being a wife and a mother of three children in a foreign country gives her a new definition of challenges and struggles. However, she is finally awarded a Doctor of Philosophy in Aerospace Engineering by her Japanese supervisor, Associate Professor Masahiro Kanazaki, (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=O7GbHk4AAAAJ&hl=en) (https://researchmap.jp/mkana/?lang=en) in September 2016. Now, she’s a Senior Lecturer in FKM and has served for Universiti Teknologi Malaysia until today.