Harshita was born in India and raised in Southern California. As an undergraduate at UC Berkeley, Harshita majored in public health with a minor in public policy, finding her passion for women’s health, gender equity, and international development policy. After graduating, Harshita worked at Kaiser Permanente IT in Pasadena, before moving to Bangalore, India, to work for Sattva Consulting, a social impact consulting firm. During two years there, she designed and implemented CSR programs in youth empowerment, education, skilling, and community development for Indian companies. After moving back, Harshita followed her true north star in two roles: at Jhpiego, a women’s and family health organization in Baltimore; and at Women in Global Health, a gender equity policy and advocacy organization for which she runs communications. This summer, Harshita worked as an Immigration Policy Intern with UNIDOS US. With her MPA, Harshita hopes to pursue a career in rights-based, gender-transformative policy for health development. Harshita enjoys cooking without recipes, discussing immigrant identity, race and feminism, trying (and falling from) new yoga poses, and holding no allegiance to any sports teams.