I am Sadiya Jamal and I am 26 years old. I graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Applied Physics in 2018 from NED university of Engineering & Technology, Karachi. Most people do not believe me when I tell them that I decided to pursue a career in physics as early as when I was […]

Hello, I am Rabia Jaffar. I am thirty years old and have lived in Karachi, Pakistan all my life. I am a Clinical Psychologist and Ph.D fellow at the Institute of Clinical Psychology, University of Karachi. I am also a mother to a five-year-old. Here is a brief description of my journey into academics. I […]

Rabeea’s fascination with astronomy and astrobiology began long before these words held any distinct meaning for her. Born in 1996, most of her life has been spent trying to get closer to the stars, and her life has revolved around her fascination with the origins of life on Earth, geography and astronomy. What began as […]

I’m a 25-year old born and raised in Karachi. I grew up privileged and was given the freedom to study whatever I wanted to, although studying and getting good grades was always enforced in my family. Although I wanted to pursue medicine after my A-Levels, the idea of moving abroad at 18 years of age […]

Since my childhood I was very hardworking, responsible and determined towards achieving my targets. I passed my matriculation from Shaheen Public School and intermediate from Govt. Degree Science College, Malir Cantt securing good grades throughout my entire academic tenure Alhamdulilah! I enrolled in the B.Sc (HON) program in the Department of Biochemistry, University of Karachi […]

My name is Maleeha Abbas. I grew up in Pakistan and moved to the UK when I was 17. I graduated with a First Class Honours in Developmental Psychology and Clinical Neuroscience, from Royal Holloway. My final year research project was focused on resting-state functional connectivity of the Broca’s and Wernicke’s area with other brain […]

Hello internet! I’m Eman Ahmed – a 24-year-old PhD candidate at New York University. I grew up in Karachi, moved to the U.S. to study chemistry at Macalester College (a small liberal arts college in Minnesota). Why Chemistry? Like most Pakistanis, I thought I would become a doctor when I grow up. That changed after […]

My name is Eden Haseeb and I grew up in Karachi, Pakistan in a family of four members. I did A levels in Sciences and Economics with straight A*s and As from The Lyceum School, after which I pursued Biomedical Engineering from NED University of Engineering & Technology which I completed with 3.875 CGPA and […]

Hello! I’m Bushra and very flattered to be asked to talk about myself and share some of my experiences I grew up in the UAE and moved to Pakistan for my undergrad, where I majored in Biology from the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). At the time, I wasn’t really thinking about job prospects […]

I am Bushra Kanwal and I was born and raised in Karachi. My father was working in Pakistan Navy, so my education started from Naval schools. My father retired after I passed grade 8th examination and decided to move back to our hometown, Bahawalpur. Being raised in a metropolitan city, it was a difficult move […]