 I was raised in and have lived in Falls Church/Annandale, VA my entire life. I gradauted from UVA in 2014, with a degree in Economics and South Asian Studies. After graduating, I joined SRA International as part of a college-hire rotational program (and moved back home). I was in the program for about 6 months before I transferred into my current role doing operations support/business analyst work for the VP of our Health Business Area. I consider myself to be ambitious and goal oriented; currently I am working to figure out my plans for graduate school. I'm considering/looking into programs that would begin in Fall 2016. I am quite interested in law school and working to decided whether or not that is the route I will be taking. My current plan would be to continue working as I attended grad school so that I could graduate debt free and not take out any loans.

I have one younger brother, he is 17, and still in high school. My dad is a small-business owner and my mom has her MD from Pakistan, but does not practice in the US. She has experience working in Oncology research and teaching Medical Assisting at local colleges. I have a fairly small extended family, nine first cousins from both sides combined, but 2 of my aunts and my grandmother all reside within a mile of me. Beyond that I do have additional family in the area as well. My dad's side of the family moved to America when my dad and his two sisters were around middle school/high school age and my mom moved to America after getting married. My Pakistani roots are Lahori Punjabi. I have visited Pakistan often (and was born there--my mom went to Pakistan for both my brother and my delivery, but I am still a US citizen by birth) and feel a great connection to the place. 

I am a practicing muslim who wants to continually learn and build on my knowledge. I was very active in my college MSA and have recently started attending MakeSpace events in the area. I like attending lectures and classes (although I haven't done so as much post-college, but something I definitely want to improve on). I, as many of us girls are, was raised not to interact unnecessarily with males, but when I got close to graduating college, I was asked if I had met anyone I would be interested in. Since graduating last year, I get asked the dreaded question of 'when are you getting married' a lot, so I decided to be proactive about it. My parents have presented me with people, but my biggest issue has been my parents not understanding what type of person I am looking for religiously. 