Did You Read Yet?
Book club in Dallas, TX dedicated to amplifying intersectional Asian voices in literature
“But What Will People Say?” Book Club Discussion
November 2025: Discussing South Asian therapist Sahaj Kaur Kohli’s book and mental health in the South Asian American community.
“Unassimilable: An Asian Diasporic Manifesto for the Twenty-First Century” Book Club Discussion
Discussing Asian American author and scholar’s new book
Poetry Reading x Writing Workshop
Partnered with Dallas Luck Club
Dallas Asian American Historical Society
Non profit dedicated to preserving the history of Asian Americans in Dallas; also operates the Museum of Asian Texans
Oral Storytelling
MC: Desi Digest Poetry Night
Moderator for South Asian Civic Engagement
August 17, 2025
Pakistani Short Film Screening + Discussion
Screening of five Pakistani short films hosted at the Museum of Asian Texans with the Dallas South Asian Film Club.
Center for Asian American Studies
Academic discipline at the University of Texas at Austin dedicated to amplifying ethnic studies.
Breakthrough: APIDA activism & advocacy
April 2024: A six-hour, 4 session student conference I co-planned through the University of Texas at Austin‘s student organization, Asian Desi Pacific Islander American Collective. We discussed civic engagement, community solidarity, and digital organizing.
Community Iftar
March 2024: An community discussion iftar I helped set up and spoke at regarding my experiences as a Muslim American student in Texas.
“A Town Called Victoria” Screening
November 2023: A documentary screening and discussion event with the Center for Asian American Studies. The documentary shows the journey of a Texas town recovering from an Islamophobic incident that burned down their local mosque. From there we interviewed the film maker and spoke with University of Texas at Austin Muslim students from Victoria, Texas.
Asian American Journalists Association
Student chapter at the University of Texas at Austin
Breakthrough: APIDA activism & advocacy
April 2024: A six-hour, 4 session student conference I co-planned through the University of Texas at Austin‘s student organization, Asian Desi Pacific Islander American Collective. We discussed civic engagement, community solidarity, and digital organizing.
Asian American Book Club
October 2022: An event with the student organization, Asian American Journalists Association where I created and led a book club reading from Asian American authors such as “Crying at Hmart” and “Honor.”
AAPI Film Screening
Sept 2022: An event where I pitched and hosted a documentary screening + discussion about violence against a trans Filipina woman. The film was produced by an Asian American film professor at the University of Texas at Austin.
Asian Desi Pacific Islander American Collective
Student agency formerly part of the University of Texas at Austin’s Multicultural Engagement Center
Breakthrough: APIDA activism & advocacy
April 2024: A six-hour, 4 session student conference I co-planned through the University of Texas at Austin‘s student organization, Asian Desi Pacific Islander American Collective. We discussed civic engagement, community solidarity, and digital organizing.
Navigating Asian American Identity
Oct 2023: An event with the student organization, Asian Desi Pacific Islander American Collective where I led a discussion on the nuances and intersectionalities of being Asian American.
AAPI Film Screening
Sept 2022: An event where I pitched and hosted a documentary screening + discussion about violence against a trans Filipina woman. The film was produced by an Asian American film professor at the University of Texas at Austin.