I was raised in Plano, TX, the traditional territory of Jumanos, Kiikaapoi (Kickapoo), Tawakoni and Wichita people. I am the daughter of immigrants from India which has shaped my and my family's experiences with the healthcare system in Texas. I am grateful for the opportunities I was afforded that my parents were not and I carry this perspective with me in the work that I do. 

I am a second-year Master of Public Health candidate in Global Health at the University of Washington, located on the land of the Duwamish, Puyallup, Suquamish, Tulalip, and Muckleshoot nations. My work centers on reproductive justice and health equity, and I am a recipient of the Haresh & Saroj Patel Family Term Fellowship, which supports graduate students interested in reproductive health and gender affirming care.

I previously worked in public health and community-based research through my B.S. in Public Health at the University of Houston, the Houston Health Department, and the Alzheimer’s Association, and most recently as a World Cup Surge Intern with Public Health Seattle & King County’s SEAL Team, where I focused on communicable disease case investigations.

I am currently the Abortion Access Guide Fellow with Northwest Reproductive Equity (formerly Pro-Choice Washington). In this role, I am helping expand their Abortion Access Guide into Oregon and Idaho through provider research, key informant interviews, and community outreach. I joined this team to conduct a qualitative secondary analysis of youth interview transcripts from the AskUs project, using an inductive, grounded theory approach to understand how young people in Canada talk about condoms as a contraceptive method.

Outside of work, I love to read and play volleyball. Now that I live closer to nature, I try to spend as much time in the trees as possible.