Alhawary started her career in 2012, when she was appointed as Principal and Acting Director of Dubai Women's College High School becoming the first ever Emirati woman to become a principal for the first learning environment school in the MENA Region. She was named Knowledge Ambassador to the UAE Red Crescent in 2017 where she was a volunteer lecturer. Alhawary later became Chairwoman of Board of Governors of Dubai Carmel School in 2014.