 When describing myself I don't quite know where to start.

I guess I can start of with my career. I graduated from Temple University with a Neuroscience degree. I wanted to pursue Physical Therapy; but, the summer of my graduation I went to Turkey for a religious study aboard program, called Rihla. This program shifted my perspective on life, dreams, and ambitions. I came back wanting to pursue nursing, because I felt I could be of more service to the world as a nurse. I am wrapping up my BSN this August from Drexel University. I have plans of diving right into my Nurse Practitioner for Pediatrics soon after, at Drexel as well. 

In terms of hobbies I use to take horseback riding lessons, because I just love horses (all animals for the matter of fact), once my career settles down I do plan to return to it. I enjoy writing very much; I have been working on a novel, which I am hoping will be a series. I am hoping, inshAllah to publish book #1 soon. Whenever I have down time, I am usually reading. I mostly read fiction. I am slightly obsessed with LOTR. And when I really have time away from everything I watch my favorite TV show "This Is US". I am not into TV too much, I cannot commit to episodes every week and I am not much of a binger. I do however, love watching movies; I basically watch anything, with the exception of horror. I don't do scary; contrarily, I love haunted houses and scary fests. I would consider myself an outdoorsy person; I love walking, I know it sound boring but in the Fall or Spring a walk can literally change your whole mood. I like going on hikes. I want to go glamping sometime soon, its an upscale version of camping. I really enjoy the ocean too. After loving nature so much, I think its impossible not to care for Earth, so I would definitely consider myself an environmentalist and a minimalist.

So we covered career and hobbies. Now on to my upbringing. I grew up in a small town - Doylestown. I had your typically American Suburban/Small Town experiences of going to First Fridays, doing newspaper club, environmental club, and playing for the volleyball team in HS. I am Indian by heritage and my strongest cultural belief that I adhere to it hospitality. My parents have always showed my siblings (1 brother & 1 sister) and me the right path, in terms of Islam; but, I definitely discovered Islam a lot more in college and experiences after. If it weren't for my parents teaching me the right way, taking us to Sunday schools on days when I just wanted to stay in bed and watch X-men cartoons, making us have an extremely eccentric "Maulvi Saab"/Quran teacher, or lecturing us in every car ride about proper etiquette and mannerism then I would truly be a different person. 

So now you know my career, hobbies and upbringing; perhaps the most important aspect to me are my dreams. Once I wrap up my education, I want to service nationally or globally; going to a natural disaster stricken area or to refugee camps to use my nursing skills. This would be a big dream come true for me. I also want to finish my book series and definitely publish them; this is going to take years but accomplishing this will be fantastic. I want to visit countries and experience a different culture, whether its just a different part of Indian, Pakistan, or something completely different. 

Where does my husband fall into all of this. I would like someone who is as willing as me to give up comfort for the sake of others, someone generous; someone courageous enough to see conflict and still want to help in miniscule ways; and someone who can support  my dreams whether they come true or don't. I would consider myself a simple person, not too crazy about materialistic belongings, and though I didn't mention it too much my family means the world to me. I am a family person and holding onto every relation is important to me. 