I am of Pakistani ethnicity and I was born and raised in Southern California. I grew up with one older sister, two little brothers, and two very caring parents. After high school, I went to medical school in Lahore, Pakistan. In addition to learning about medicine, I learned a lot about my culture, city my parents grew up in, and grew strong relationships with my cousins. After medical school, I moved back in with my parents and completed the boards for medicine. I then got a job as an Internal medicine resident in Phoenix, AZ. Because the profession was not fulfilling for me, I left and joined the field of Pathology instead. I am now a Hematopathology fellow in Southern California and loving my job. Outside of work and my life that has been so far defined by my career, I love going to the gym, running, hiking because it is the outdoors, and participating in activities that have a care-free tone. I am a practicing Muslim and hold my faith close to me, and although sometimes I am out of touch with the practice part, I always have my faith and the internal happiness that comes with it. I am a pretty simple person, I like to laugh, go to the movies, go shopping. Overall, I would say I have a pretty easy going personality.