My idea is to interview a co-workers of mine, a Pakistani immigrant and CCNY senior who came to the US around the age of 8. She is studying biomedical engineering, which at first glance seems like a stereotypical path for a child of Asian immigrants, but she is interested in the field for very un-stereotypical reasons. Her aspirations for her career in biomedical engineering go beyond economic security. She embodies an interesting blend of Pakistani and American culture, and I would like to find out why she rejects some Pakistani and American traditions and embraces others.

I would also like to focus on why her parents chose to relocate the family to the US (her father left a very high-paying job in the Middle East to come here) and how they feel about the decision in retrospect.

I would like to use photographs combined with audio clips from the interview to tell her story.