Follow my adventures as I explore the world, one story at a time! 

March 2026 Sometimes trips don't go as planned. As a planner™, I usually make sure this doesn't happen to me. I'm talking Plan A, Plan B, Plan C, and several backup plans to accompany those plans. However, as I made my way south - literally - to spend my spring break in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, things went both literally and figuratively south. The plan was to meet up with friends in Brazil while also getting the full Rio hostel experience. As it turned out, Rio had plans for

January 2026 I’ve known my mother my entire life, yet there are versions of her I have never met. I don’t know what made her laugh when she was younger, what cities she dreamed of seeing, or what kind of woman she was before responsibility took over. I know her as a mother - tireless, practical, endlessly giving - but never as a young woman who once wanted things for herself. Growing up, love in our home was rarely spoken aloud. It lived in routines and quiet acts of care. My

November 2025 When La La Land (2016) came out, I forced my cousin (shoutout Shimu apu) to watch it with me in the theatre. She hated it. People left during intermission (musicals are not really the scene in Bangladesh, unfortunately). But I stayed the entire time. Something about the setting and the message hit me, and I knew my life was forever changed by that movie. My friends all know I am a La La Land snob - a proud one, but a snob regardless. Since that day in 2016, I’ve

November 2025 A big part of my identity has always been being and working for women. Back home in Bangladesh, I spent six years working in women-centric non-profits. Naturally, the first organization I joined at my college was WILL - a Women in Living Learning program that entails a minor in Gender Studies and, more importantly, a community for life. Fast forward three years, and I found myself on a journey with four of my WILL friends - Daniel, Vuola, Andi, and Susanne - and