“My ethnicity is important of course, it’s a part of my identity. But why does it matter so much to you?”

Nabeeha Chaudhary is a Communications professional with an M.A. in International Studies from the University of Washington with a research focus on women’s issues, education, and cultural media in South Asia. She has recently worked at Room to Read, an international NGO focused on literacy and gender equality, and is a jury member on the national South Asia Book Award committee. Passionate about storytelling in all its forms, she is ever intrigued by how different, and yet how similar, all stories are no matter what corner of the earth, or what moment in time we pull them from. Nabeeha has worked and taught in South Asia and North America.