  I am very chill and easy going. I love to laugh and make others laugh, and make a very conscious effort to treat everyone with the utmost respect and dignity. I pride myself on being raised in Brooklyn. With that comes a love for hip hop and rap music, ethnic food, diversity, and sarcasm. I am a city girl at heart and  prefer living in or very close to a city on the northeast. I have a love for neuroscience and kids, hence the career in pediatric neurology. I am very ambitious, and driven towards doing good rather than materialistic gains. I advocate for those who do not have a voice, and support causes that aim to eradicate racial injustices, poverty and violence against women as well as supporting education and children's health. I am a practicing muslimah who wears hijab, and I have a deep respect and love for my religion. I am also very critical of how Islam is being practiced and taught in certain places. I am more academic in my approach to religion than I am spiritual, something that I would definitely like to work on. I like learning about fiqh, Islamic law and history in formal and informal settings. Some scholars that particularly resonate with me are Imam Muneer Fareed, Dr. Sherman Jackson, Sheikh Suheib Webb and Imam Khalil Abdur-Rashid.