 Adventure is what I live for; from hiking, water sports to spontaneous excursions, adventure is what adds spice to my life. My hobbies range from anything involving the outdoors, baking, interior decorating, event planning and fashion. I love the month of October because of the fall season, pumpkins, the great fashion and of course I actually enjoy the halloween festivities ( i know a lot of people dont, but im one that does ) I love attending theatre productions, cave mining tours, traveling to new places all over California. 

My friends would say that I am reliable, nice and have a very bubbly personality. I love talking to people, filling the room with laughter and just being goofy. I am not a quiet person by no means. I enjoy going out and meeting new people but also enjoy quiet nights at home. I take advantage of networking opportunities to do better and sieze ways to make more steps towards my career goals, self fulfillment goals, and just in general to be more community conscious. 

I went to University of California Davis in Northern California and studied Biology/Psychology, and I am currently pursuing my Masters in Clinical Psychology emphasis in Applied Research and eventually hope to get my PhD, or become a Psychiatric Physician Assistant. Although I do want to settle down in maybe 2 years, I want to continue my education and improving myself so I have no regrets and It will be my way of giving back to the community especially the Muslim community. 

Faith is a central component in my life I enjoy attending lectures and learning about Islam and where Mental Health and Islam intertwine. I hope to find someone with similar views such as I. I do not currently wear Hijab, I admire it so beautifully but it is not a choice that I have made and maybe in the future. I consider myself well balanced in my deen. Deen is a part of my thought process. I have come to love the aspects of forgiveness of deen. I enjoy attending taraweeh prayer and sharing my thoughts on social media about islamic related events. I love the month of Ramadan. I consider myself to be a semi liberal muslim. 

Family. I come from a very strong family. My family is built on strong traditional morals and independent living. I have 4 brothers and no sisters. My father and Mother came here in the early 70\'s from Pakistan. My father is a physician in stockton, CA. My oldest brother is  an internal Medicine Physician, My second brother is a man of finance and daytrade and stock markets, my third brother is currently a 3rd year medical student, and my younger brother is a an undergraduate student in biological sciences. 
I come from a very science loving family, we have strong core values of Islam. We are not highly dependent on one another, my parents raised us all to be independent, however, the love is present. 

Why am I on beyond Chai?

I think this is a crucial question and I would want to know why someone else felt they needed to come here. Having Graduated from college, I found that it is difficult to meet people because I have become so busy. I am currently a research assistant at UCSF (1-2x a week) , a psychiatric clinical observer at the San Joaquin Behavioral Mental Health Services (3x a week), a Crisis textline counselor (1x a week), a Masters student full time, currently studying for the GRE exam in December, partaking in all major Remodeling decisions of my house, and trying to juggle is social life commitments along with family commitments. 

Where is the room to meet someone? lol. 

So I am here at beyond chai, I just feel that it is more private and serious. and InshaÅllah it it works thats great, and if it doesnt, I have no regrets and I tried :) 