Career
Farouq served as the National Treasurer of the American Power Conversion between June 2013 to June 2014. Between 2011 - 2013.
She hails from Zurmi Local Government of Zamfara State. She was educated at the Federal Government Girls’ College Gusau, Zamfara State and Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Kaduna State graduating with a Bsc. in Business Administration (Actuarial Science) in 1998, before proceeding to earn her Master"s degree in International Affairs and Diplomacy in 2008 and also her Masters in Business Administration (Master of Business Administration) in 2011 from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Kaduna State.
Between 1999 - 2000, Farouq, under the mandatory National Youth Service Corps (National Youth Service Corps) Scheme served with the Nigeria National Assembly.
She served under the Senate Committee on Aviation and worked with the Senate Committee on Appropriation. She worked as Operations Manager at Pinnacle Travels and Tours Limited (a Nigerian travel agency) between 2001 - 2003 before joining the National Assembly Service Commission as an Administrative Officer II in 2003 where she rose to the Position of Principal Administrative Officer before leaving the commission in 2010 to pursue her political ambitions.