I was born and raised in Northern Virginia near the Washington DC area, and I'm a recent Virginia Tech graduate with a bachelor's in biology. I come from an educated family background where I was raised to prioritize my Deen most importantly and my education at the same time. Needless to say being a desi person, I'm very family oriented:) Some family traditions in our house consist of catching mainstream movies at the theatre, trying out new halal restaurants, hosting and attending many dawaats (traditional house parties/Halaqas) in our community, listening to islamic scholars like Nouman Ali Khan, Yasir Qadhi, and Omar Suleiman etc., and traveling somewhere every summer with the cousins for our reunions! I also enjoy hanging out with my girl friends, window shopping, or watching Netflix of course! I hope that was short and sweet enough and I guess the rest can be found out about later :)