Born and raised in India, I began my professional career in the finance world, working for boutique investment banks in India. I then decided to take the leap into the field of education, and began my journey at Teach for India, working with the local south Indian community, striving to bridge the gap within education. This experience then led me to pursue a masters in Education, Gender and International Development at UCL. London, UK and dive into the depths of educational inequality in the context of girl education and the LGBTQ+ community in India and Africa. I was able to do extensive research for my dissertation in non-formal education for the transgender community in India. Following my masters, I continued my work in another Teach for All partner organisation - Teach First, UK in their recruitment and selection team, working on designing and analysing various recruitment strategies for teachers we want to place in the UK public education system. June 2023 brought me to my new chapter at Teach for Portugal, allowing me to move in with my husband, who is from Porto and continuing my work within the Teach for All network, as Head of Alumni. The work in this team and organisation will give me the opportunity to draw parallels between different education landscapes in the world, with so many differences but one major similarity of education inequity. I am extremely passionate about systems level change, I believe there is unity in diversity. Everyday, I will work towards building a community and enabling network level change towards our mission.