Somewhere over the Pacific, in the clouds between two lives, an echo found me.
Fall 2022. India to the United States. An international student in a window seat, unsure of the future ahead.
The echo: “You are competing with no one but yourself. The world is inside you. Do big. Make yourself proud.”
Landing in the Coachella Valley felt like being a newborn at 28 unknown, alone, in isolation.
Then Professor
@kentkaycreative invited me to the Live After Oscars show. At the time, I barely knew how to take a selfie.
Fast forward storytelling became the bridge. First to a new culture, then to a community of 1.2M+ of you, and now to the businesses I serve through Sandlight Studios.
This week,
@cvweekly featured my journey, written with such care by
@theaugustvc Head Feature Writer at CV Weekly and Senior Promotions Producer at
@kesq_news_channel_3
If you had told that girl in the window seat what was coming a Master’s from the
@universityofredlands @caravanseraiproject SEED Lab, pitching at the Annenberg Theatre, this feature she wouldn’t have believed any of it.
The wins are nice. The pause to notice them is the real gift.
Grateful to every one of you who walked beside me. The community is the story.
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