I was born in Iowa City, Iowa and raised in Austin, Texas. My parents divorced when I was 4 and my mom is a survivor of domestic abuse. My mother raised my brother and me by herself throughout our lives. My identity as a first-generation immigrant and South Asian woman growing up in a single-income household has deeply shaped who I am.

I am currently a junior at Harvard University studying Social Studies and Studies of Women, Gender & Sexuality, with a minor in Ethnicity, Migration, & Rights and a language citation in Arabic. My academic and personal work focuses on youth incarceration, gender justice, and grassroots organizing. My undergraduate studies focus on the experiences of immigrants in the United States and how migrant labor becomes racialized and gendered in a global market economy. Currently, I am researching South Asian migrant women’s labor in eyebrow threading salons and the emergence of informal beauty economies in the U.S. and U.K.

I am currently a 2026 Liman Law Fellow and plan to pursue a career in human rights law in the future. My dream is to work at the International Criminal Court in the Hague, Netherlands.