Zara Saleem is a full-time faculty member at the Centre for Languages (CFL), School of Liberal Arts, University of Management and Technology (UMT), Lahore. She teaches Technical and Research Writing, Expository Writing, and Functional English at the undergraduate level, and serves as Acting Head of the CFL Research Committee, International Ambassador for UMT, and General Secretary of IELTA Pakistan. Her research centers on applied linguistics, ecolinguistics, Critical Discourse Analysis, and AI-enhanced/technology-mediated language learning.