Orit received her M.Sc. in Computer Science (Neuroscience) from Tel Aviv University through the Direct M.Sc. program in the Adi Lautman's Interdisciplinary Program for Outstanding Students, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science (Computer Vision) from the Weizmann Institute of Science. Orit currently holds a research associate position at Ben Gurion University where she is involved in mentoring students, advising on computational and technical issues, formulating challenging research questions and keeping contact with collaborators.