When I was little, I thought I was white. I was certain of it. Based on the fact that I was surrounded by white people at school, saw white people on TV, and only saw white people in my city, why would I think otherwise? The fact that I saw a brown girl looking back at me in the mirror and had an entirely Indian family did not change that. I was white. No doubt about it. That mindset lasted...

I was one of the only 5 brown people in my school. I was the only girl in my film class with nearly 20 guys. I was the only one in my family to ever pursue film. I have always been an only. And therefore, I was always told no. No to fitting in with the white girls. No to being the director of a film. No to being allowed to follow my passion. What do you do when you continually get...

People look at me like I’m crazy when I say I want to possibly double major in Film Studies and Neuroscience and Behavior. I mean, it’s understandable considering I couldn’t have chosen two fields more separate from one another. But to me, the separation between the two fields is what allows them to work well together. Studying the science of the brain, helps me to be a better writer. However, studying characters and the way they think,...