Afroz Mokarim was born in India in 1996. She got her bachelor's degree in 2017 in Electrical Engineering. In 2019, she received her master's degree with a specialization in Electric Drives and Control with a thesis on improving the fault ride-through capability of wind farms integrated with the power grids.

She is currently a PhD student in the SCNL Laboratory at the University of Genoa.

Her research activity includes cybersecurity of critical infrastructure in public administration in collaboration with Aizoon S.p.a.