A woman at a banquet holding two awards trophies, smiling and making a playful face. The banquet hall is decorated with purple and gold accents, with tables set with plates, cups, and desserts in the background.

A woman with dark curly hair speaking into a microphone at WNYC radio station, wearing headphones and a denim jacket, in a recording studio with a red WNYC backdrop.

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About me.

I love telling stories that dig deep, challenge assumptions and (hopefully) stick with you long after the episode ends.

I’m a reporter and producer at Radiolab, where I do a little bit of everything: interviewing, building, editing, sound designing, and even guest hosting. I have a wide range of interests, from stories about Supreme Court history, to broken policing systems, to misunderstood psychology, to scientific revolutions. I care about making complex ideas feel alive through character-driven stories — and always making space for nuance and emotion.

Some of my favorite projects include How Stockholm Stuck, a Gracie Award-winning episode that interrogates the roots of “Stockholm syndrome” and its impact on survivors of abuse, and The Other Latif, a duPont-Columbia Award-winning series about a man held at Guantanamo.

Before Radiolab, I reported and produced episodes for More Perfect (where I fell in love with legal reporting), On the Media (where I learned to thrive on tight deadlines), and The Brian Lehrer Show (where I felt the true thrill of being live on air).

I’m fluent in four languages (English, Urdu, Hindi, and Bengali) — and slowly picking up two more (Spanish and Arabic). I studied cultural anthropology at Princeton University, which forever shaped how I think about culture and power. I bring my Pakistani-American-Muslim-ness to the table in all the work I do.

When I’m not working, I love learning classical Hindustani music, indulging my interior design fantasies, making Google Maps lists as a love language, and being a power user of ToDoist.