          Salaam, I'm Maryam! I live in North Carolina, but I was born in Connecticut and am a Northerner at heart. I have a B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science, and I work in IT. As my work away from work, I spend a lot of time engaging with the Muslim and interfaith community in my area in pursuit of goals like encouraging interfaith education and dialogue, helping people who are homeless or refugees, and fighting violence against women. I’m also a gigantic nerd who goes on Wikipedia binges and has saved all of my undergraduate mathematics textbooks. I spend my free time reading, watching TV, films, and stand-up, expanding my music library, cooking healthy meals, and spending time with my family and friends. I enjoy the outdoors, as long as I get to then go indoors and sleep in a real bed, and I like visiting new galleries and coffee shops. I also like working out, both in the gym and when busting out bhangra routines in the safe confines of my room.