So 3 words that people always describe me as: funny, caring and ambitious.  (in no specific order) 

28-years old, born and raised in the suburbs of Southern California, I come from a moderately conservative Afghan family, the oldest of 4 children. Islam is a huge part of my life and I thank my parents and their upbringing for helping establish that foundation. I'm also very big on family and that probably is also why I give off the mom vibes lol. But cool mom of course. Alhamdullilhah, my entire extended family lives out here and so there is no shortage of family events or cousins to parent lol. Just kidding. 

I've spent the last 7 years working in the healthcare sector (previously pre-med) which has offered some amazing opportunities and growth. Currently I work as a director at a health tech startup, overseeing all our accounts (hospitals, pharma all that fun stuff). With that said, I'm a pretty balanced person with work/life and try to be as efficient in my job to enjoy the time outside of it. Previously, I was a notorious workaholic and now I'm consciously trying to slow down and give time for myself and family. I do work hard and love what I do and it keeps me very busy!. At some point down the road, I'd like to go to grad school so I can create a career for myself in public health, specifically maternal/child health and geriatric (elderly care). I want to focus on the muslim population as a whole inshallah and put my future efforts into something that will benefit both duniya and akhira inshaAllah. 

Other fun facts: 
-Enjoy hiking. I also love traveling and exploring new places. (Traveled to India for work a few years back, Pakistan/Europe when I was younger- with relatives in those countries, and then a lot of recent domestic travel for work)
-I enjoy the occasional bollywood movie and Pakistani drama. Yes, I'm sorry, this is a fact. But I'm pretty decent with my Hindi and Urdu as a result.  I also speak pashto (native language) and can somewhat understand dari (farsi) 
-Love children and can't wait to have my own someday inshallah. One of my primary reasons for marriage is to start my own family inshallah. 