[Iqra // December 1994]

I'm your resident Muslim Pakistani-American from New Jersey, USA, who graduated from Rutgers University in 2016. I'm on my way (hopefully) to entering medical school in 2018.

As far as personality goes, I am a: Slytherin, Chaotic Evil, Sagittarius, and INTP.

I love Sonic the Hedgehog (especially Shadow - yes, I know), and playing video games in general, especially League of Legends and Overwatch. I also played sports, like basketball, soccer, tennis, and track. I'm also your resident insomniac - I've suffered from chronic insomnia ever since I was in high school. I'm also an avid reader and a very big introvert, so you're most likely to catch me with my favorite drink, hot chocolate, and my kindle by a window, reading.

As far as my interest in Korea goes - I've had many Korean friends going up, including a few of my neighbors, so I'd always been a participant in cultural exchange - trading samosas for kimbap at lunch time (it was a hefty business, let me tell you), and watching Korean dramas and Bollywood movies together. Then in middle school I fell in love with K-pop after listening to DBSK and BoA, and then... that just spiraled when SHINee debuted. I've been a ridiculous Jonghyun fan ever since. Other K-pop bands that I like, with my personal favorites in parenthesis, are: B.A.P. (Yongguk), f(x) (Krystal), SISTAR (Hyorin), VIXX (Leo), and BTS (J-Hope/Jin).

I'm also very multi-lingual! I can speak English, Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi, Korean, and have been taught Japanese, Chinese, and French in school.

I'm something of an adrenaline junkie - I've been sky diving before, and it was amazing! I love roller coasters, and would jump at the chance to do more extreme sports. Aside from that, I like being weird and artsy, and of course, exploring.

Here are links to some of my social media handles!