Before diving full-time as the Executive Director of Tasveer in 2012, she was a video producer and editor. She made her career debut on TV in Japan in 1995. She edited the award-winning Bangladeshi documentary Threads and made her first short film, Citizenship101, based on her own immigrant experiences. Read More

Anterpreet is a dedicated advocate for human rights, driven by a passion for truth and justice. With a rich background in mental health spanning four years, she brings a unique perspective to her current role at Tasveer. At Tasveer, she thrives in the intersection of programming, connecting filmmakers, and orchestrating impactful events.Read More

Olympia brings her passion for writing and education in her new role at Tasveer. With more than ten years of research and writing experience, she realized early in her career — a simple read is the most difficult thing to write. She dreams of writing desi cyberpunk fantasies and synesthetic stories sometime in the future.

Uzma has over 20 years of experience in IT with 15+ years of experience working in Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing, and has most recently been working as a Big Data and Cloud Architect in The Boeing Company. Read More

Before diving full-time as the Executive Director of Tasveer in 2012, she was a video producer and editor. She made her career debut on TV in Japan in 1995. She edited the award-winning Bangladeshi documentary Threads and made her first short film, Citizenship101, based on her own immigrant experiences. Read More

Farah Nousheen (she/her) is a community organizer, cultural worker, healing facilitator, and critical race theorist currently living in Albuquerque, New Mexico on the original lands of the Pueblo peoples. She is employed as an academic advisor of interdisciplinary studies at the University of New Mexico where she is fortunate to advise a diverse student body.Read More

Tayyab Mahmud is a Professor of Law at Seattle University. He has published extensively in areas of comparative constitutional law, human rights and international law. He has served as Co-President of Society of American law Teachers (SALT) and as a board member of many non-profit organizations. Read More

Shailaja takes a keen interest in topics concerning socio-cultural dynamics, women, gender, and human rights. She strongly believes in the power of storytelling to create awareness.

She is a founding member of South Asia Peace Action Network (Sapan); contributing editor, Sapan News Network; strategic advisor, Dhanak of Humanity; Read More

Samir Junejo is a policy counsel with the Washington State Senate where he has staffed health care, behavioral health, human services, and technology issues for the Senate Democratic Caucus. He’s also served on the King County Civil Rights Commission and as President of the South Asian Bar Association of Washington. Read More

Vivek “Vik” Bahl received his Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of Texas at Austin, with a focus on ethnic and post-colonial literatures, cultural studies, and social movements. He has taught in the English Division at Green River College since 1998. Read More