In her practice, Owad observes her domestic environment and draws inspiration from her current surroundings. She focuses on certain objects from or habits of routine daily life in her sculptures, prints, and drawings. She finds the physical manipulation of materials and learning new fabrication methods the driving force of her work. 

In 2010 Owad earned her BFA in sculpture from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania and in 2014 her MFA in sculpture from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Owad is a strong advocate for the maker movement. She has set up two different maker spaces. She was hired as a Coordinator for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to assist in planning a maker space and then promoted to Director and proceeded to further establish and educate members in the functioning space. Owad left the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for a position with the Chesapeake Arts Center to launch their new maker space program. In conjunction with her interest in the maker movement, Owad has continued to create and exhibit her artwork. For the past two years, Owad has been working abroad in Okinawa, Japan growing her artistic background through experimentation in new mediums and techniques.