    I am a 25 year old Master of Public Health candidate at Emory University and will hopefully graduate in May 2016, InshAllah. I am currently working as a research assistant with the CDC's National Center of Birth Defects and Developmental Disorders. If I am lucky, I would love to have a job with the CDC as an analyst or working with a think tank to improve public health around the country. 

The three things that are most important to me are religion, family, and education. I wouldn't be myself without those things and I can't see myself without them. 

I think of myself as an introvert but once I get comfortable around somebody, I can talk for hours. I thoroughly enjoy thoughtful and intelligent discussions in which I feel that I and the other person benefited from it. At the same time, conversations about nothing at all or silliness can be quite fun! I try to surround myself around people who inspire me to make me a better student, employee, daughter, sibling, and friend. 

I have a wide range of interests that seem a little sporadic but like a lot of people, I enjoy reading, going to the movies, music (nearly anything but country), trying new restaurants,  seeing the fine arts, traveling, exploring, creative writing, photography, and watching soccer. I also thoroughly enjoy learning languages, researching just about anything, current events,  drawing (not good at all!), and minding my two Ryukin goldfishes. 

The world is a big, adventurous, exciting, and scary place to live. I look forward to finding a spouse to experience it with, InshAllah. 