In writing this page, it was my intention to give you some context for who I am as a human being. You will be sharing a lot about yourself in our sessions should you decide to work with me, so it is only fair that I share some information about myself first!

I am a Muslim, Indo-Caribbean-American, cisgender woman residing in the state of New York (in the traditional territory of the Matinecock people). I came to this work out of a deep love for all people and life. My experience working in a residential drug treatment center early on in my career furthered my passion for working with folks who tend to be “on the margins” of society and who oftentimes experience multiple seen and unseen traumas in their lives.

I completed my undergraduate studies at Adelphi University in 2011, where I majored in Psychology and English (Creative Writing). I completed a masters program for Counseling for Mental Health and Wellness at New York University in 2014. After years of working in the field and attending numerous continuing education trainings on various topics, I could not help but feel that something was missing in the work I was doing with folks. In the Fall of 2020, I completed and was greatly impacted by Dr. Shawna Murray-Browne’s Decolonizing Therapy for Black Folk training, which set me on a path to seek ways to grow in both my therapy practice and my life outside of larger institutions. I continue to learn from various people both within and outside of my field. For me, learning has been and always will be a lifelong process, one that fuels me to change and transform in various ways throughout my lifetime.

I enjoy reading, writing, spending time with my cats, studying languages, and being out in nature. I am passionate about human rights and cross-cultural harmony, and I believe that our differences have a great capacity to help us grow and learn from each other.

I am currently on an intentional journey to make more time, space, and capacity for artistic and mutual aid practices in my life. I am also thinking a lot about what it means to transcend victimhood and be empowered and emboldened in community towards meaningful action that can transform our societies for good.