About Me

I am a scholar of education, fascinated by exploring how inner life, cultural wisdom, and learning shape the world we inhabit and the one we are creating. My work sits at the intersection of ethnography, contemplative practice, and pedagogical design and has always centered the lives and perspectives of learners, families, and educators.

My early scholarship focuses on the outer landscapes of identity, belonging, and public education in the Hindu American experience. That research continues in my community-facing work, through my writing, public talks, and workshops. Now, my scholarship and professional practice are turning intentionally inward, toward the interior landscapes of being, awareness, and connection, held in dialogue with the dynamic realities of American K-12 education.

My current inquiry grows from sustained listening to interior life, to wisdom, and to the systems that shape education, and asking how belonging and consciousness respond in a time of rapid technological change. I’m exploring what becomes possible when education is designed not only for intellect, but for the whole being and how this shift might reshape how we teach children to learn, flourish, and hope during uncertain times. Learn more about My Story.