Semaan began her career as a designer and community organizer; she worked as a user-experience designer for HUGE Inc., General Assembly, and Condé Nast.[1] Semaan works in the open knowledge and access to information movement, working with Creative Commons to bring the open licensing to Montreal, Lebanon and Qatar. Founding Slow Factory in 2012 while living in Montreal quickly brought her to New York in 2013 to continue to expand the intersection of environmental sustainability, social good, and fashion.