Final year surgery resident in Boston and future vascular surgery fellow in NYC. I was born in Bangladesh and moved to the States for college. Over the last 15 years, I've lived in the SF Bay area, greater Boston area, and will be moving to Manhattan in a year for fellowship. Friends describe me as nearly always carrying a smile with an introspective and assertive mind, and a philomath at heart (basically a more literary way of saying I'm a nerd ?). Relationships are important to me, whether that be with friends I've known since freshman year in college or with my parents, and I try to work hard in maintaining them even through a busy hospital schedule. Striving to find nearness to Allah is at the center of my being. Regardless of how diligent I am being at any given time in fulfilling my obligations to the Almighty, I'm vigilant about strengthening my deen and introspective about what my words and actions reflect about me.

I, unfortunately, went through a divorce after my first marriage where my ex-husband decided at the end of the pandemic's first peak that he wanted his wife to be home at all times that he was and asked me to either leave medicine to meet that expectation or that he would leave the marriage. It was a jarring experience since the foundation of our union was seemingly based on mutual admiration and acceptance of our goals in life, both personal and professional, which turned out to be inconsistent with his actions and behavior once we began to live together. Being a wife, and a mother have been my goals as far back as I can remember. I don't want to allow my life's experience to detract from these goals and pray that insha'Allah I meet someone with sincerity towards working on building a strong partnership based on respect, trust, and support of each other. I hope that my partner will possess the maturity to recognize that marriage is not a magical road to constant happiness, but rather the mutual elevation of two individuals in this world and the hereafter by enduring difficult times and sharing in joyous moments of life together.