My parents instilled in me a love for books, and the natural world that we inhabit. This love has led to a deep appreciation of the written word and the desire to contribute as much as I can towards improving the state of the world. I would like to use my expertise and passion for cultures to help us move forward.

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My fantasy books are what I've come to call "transformation fiction": incorporating transformation principles in novels, rather than writing another self-help book. This is more than Up-lit. My fiction is intended to be uplifting, but also to provoke thought and help people question the situations they find themselves in, and to identify how they themselves can transcend their circumstances. I am very much interested in minority group questions, considerations on social standards of beauty and the negative consequences these have, and would like to make the fantasy genre accessible to people of non-white, non-Western backgrounds. All of these passions have found their way into my fantasy stories because I personally feel that the fantasy genre has become too restrictive with limited representations of race, ethnicity, and culture, and I seek to explore other paths on this writing journey, incorporating my background in anthropology and psychology to create engaging experiences, which also provide food for thought on the diverse topics I find most important.