I am a Bangladeshi American and Multicultural Woman, a daughter of two immigrants, an older sister, a pet-mom of two adorable cats, an artist, a singer, a 260 hr registered yoga teacher, a writer, an activist, and a trauma psychotherapist who inspires healing through the arts.

For so long I have felt the larger systems try and silence or outcast my colorful and intersecting identities even today as a Private practice owner. Thus, empowering other BIPOC and marginalized folks to fight these systems and make space for our healing joy is crucial for me.

Living above & beyond depression

Healing from Childhood, Sexual, Relational, Racial, Cultural, or Intergenerational Trauma

Exploring & Reclaiming Multicultural/Intersectional Identities

Empowering folx with Chronic Medical Conditions

Reconciling Family of Conflict

Transitioning into Blended Families

Transitioning into adolescents or young adults (ages 8 to 18)

Therapy for the Therapist

Since I was 10 years old, I dreamt of bringing change and joy into this world. I was born into my journey as healer when a monsoon flooded and destroyed the homes and shanties of thousands of Bangladeshi people and other children—my community—in Dhaka, Bangladesh. I helped my teacher bake hundreds of rotis (bread) to give these children and their families. I remember how deep the water was—up to my shoulders—yet there was deep joy and gratitude on these kids’ faces when I offered them some food made from love. That was the first taste of classism and redlining that I understood—and I knew that it was not going to be the last time I experienced something that divided people and caused deeply rooted pain.

Unfortunately, as I moved back into the U.S., I experienced the impact of classism and red lining—marginalized with a severe lack of resources and acceptance. I felt melancholy, longing to belong somewhere in this country. I naturally spent hours each day singing, listening to music, reading, painting, writing poetry, and dreaming about connecting with others out there. I had no idea there were more children feeling what I felt literally next door.

Maya Angelou said, “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."

Today, I strive to help the children within you speak your untold truths so that you can connect with others and begin to feed your hearts. Feeding your heart means finding what brings your life PURE and UNFILTERED joy, purpose, peace, and rest—nourishing yourself with ALL of that. We all struggle to show up as ourselves—even I do as I am writing this—but I have chosen to unapologetically be myself so that you can be seen in the way you deserve to be seen. For me, and for many of my clients, feeding ourselves with acts of joy are a personal and communal healing movement.

I hope you come into and leave this therapy space feeling more empowered, informed, understanding of yourself and your communities, and more connected.

I have accumulated a variety of experiences, personal and professional, that are the bedrock of my training. I became a student and clinician at The Family Institute at Northwestern University and earned my Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy. Here I was trained to think systemically—through a cultural, trauma-informed, and anti-oppression lens—to integrate different evidence-based models of therapy (i.e., meditation practices, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Narrative Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and etc.). My formative client experiences taught me the value of community healing. I was nurtured by Black mentors, Carl Hampton, Chaaze Roberts, and Bukky Adeyinka Olufemi, who supported me in finding a confident and creative, and non-conforming voice in holistic healing. Today, my continued work with BIPOC trauma survivors has led me to train in ancestral somatic work and art therapy—hence learning to feed minds, bodies, and hearts with a decolonizing lens.

My natural empathy and spiritual connection to others, nature, ancestral healing, and creativity led me to the practice of Yoga. I discovered that Yoga empowered my own healing journey and ignited a passion to share this healing journey with others. I completed my 200 RYT at URENERGY Yoga School with Nicolay Del Salto in Miami, FL and 60 hour Yin Yoga training at Wynwood Yoga Studio Miami. My style of yoga balances strength, alignment, and relaxation to facilitate emotional, spiritual, and physical healing. I believe that Yoga fosters a life long connection between the mind, body, and heart that allows us to transcend traumatic pasts.

1) To listen to and sing music that speaks to my heart

2) To consistently make art for and from my heart

3) To dance when my brain is at a loss for words

4) To write whatever story my body holds

5) To yoga when I am not centered and when I am

6) To always cuddle my purr-babies!