Prior engineer, final year surgery resident in Boston, and future vascular surgery fellow in NYC. While that description can feel like a walking cliche of what a South-Asian upbringing may lead someone towards, I was fortunate enough to have explored these worlds out of the indelible curiosity I developed growing up in a family that taught me the importance of seeking knowledge and serving others as one's devotion to faith. Born in Bangladesh, I moved to the States at a young age 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. Friends describe me as always carrying a smile, being introspective, assertive, and a philomath at heart (alright, alright, I'm a nerd, lol). I've been blessed to make the journey my life has had and to have received opportunities to study and follow my calling as a surgeon, scientist, and inventor, despite seemingly insurmountable obstacles.

While not thinking of how to provide the highest echelon of medical care to my patients, or pushing the frontiers of medical technology, I love to be in nature. Living in California for almost a decade has made me fall in love with the serenity, humility, and peace that one can find in the wondrous expanses of nature. If my doppelganger were to exist in another dimension, she'd likely be an artist exploring the evolution of art and architecture across the ages while traveling to the farthest corners of nature for inspiration. I like to paint, sketch and draw, and find myself drawn to the works of artists spanning the biblical to neo-expressionist era. Food brings me a lot of joy, and even if my opportunities to cook may be few, I love experimenting in the kitchen and to explore restaurants touched by the creativity of well-regarded chefs across the country. 

Relationships are important to me, whether they are with friends who've become like family since I've known them from college, or my family who I've known since I was born, even through a busy schedule. I value diligence, and life has taught me that nothing worth building comes without hard work. This remains true of building a partnership through marriage that weathers every storm and is lifted with every breeze that life may bring. Being a wife and a mother have been my goals as far back as I can remember, and a loving, trustworthy and reliable partner is at the center of realizing these dreams. While I'm excited to continue exploring this world, other cultures, languages, cuisines, and the next challenging activity with my future partner, I hope he will be someone who recognizes and cherishes the beauty in what may seem like the small moments in life, such that even a simple daily activity can become an opportunity to find nearness to one another, to the Divine, and to find personal growth.