Born in Round Lake, IL, Asha went to the University of Illinois at Chicago and lived in Chicago for 4 years before moving back to the suburbs pre-COVID. Asha offers a unique background of narratives related to the Indian-American experience. Brown Girl is her first editorial experience outside writing and publishing research. Asha is currently doing her Masters of Occupational Therapy (OT) and OTD at UIC while working as a graduate research assistant and teaching assistant in the Department of Disability and Human Development.