My family is international and cosmopolitan with roots in South and East Asia. My mother grew up in the port city of Kobe, Japan and now works in the field of higher education. Trained as an orthopedic physician, my father is originally from the Saraiki-speaking region of Punjab, Pakistan. I have three siblings: two brothers and one sister; I am the second-oldest. We have been settled in a quaint collegiate town in Massachusetts for the past twenty years.

I have a Master's in global human resource management from the London School of Economics and I currently work at Traveler’s Insurance in Hartford, Connecticut. I completed my undergraduate degree at Smith College — an all-women’s institution in New England — in sociology with a minor in Spanish. I love to travel, explore different cultural worldviews, and think critically about social justice issues. Finally, I would say I have a sociable and witty personality.