After graduation, Almheiri joined the Emirati Ministry of Environment and Water, where she was involved in the Khalifa Bin Zayed Centre for Marine Research, the UAE integrated waste management project, and the construction of a number of facilities. In 2014, she was appointed director of the Education and Awareness Department in the ministry, where she was responsible for formulating a national strategy to raise
environmental awareness in the UAE. In October 2017, Almheiri has been minister of state for food security. In September 2018, she announced plans for 'Food Valley,' a food technology hub in the UAE, named after
Silicon Valley. In January 2019, she was made an overseer of the Security and Foreign Affairs sector of the UAE's National Expert Programme. In the same month, she launched the UAE Food Security Strategy, consisting of five pillars: diversification of sources of food imports, research and development to increase domestic food production, reduction of
food waste, maintenance of food safety standards, and increasing the UAE's ability to respond to crises. The goal of the strategy is to see UAE's place on the
Global food security index advance from 31 to first place by 2051. Almheiri has also been a member of the board of the Emirates Equestrian Federation since 2016. == References ==