Growing up in a small village in India, one little girl would not believe the accomplishments her future self would have set as the president of the University of Houston. Everyone told her that becoming a powerful, independent woman was nearly impossible from her lower class in the caste system…

On Thursday, Apr. 15, I held a Facebook Live event (roughly 30 minutes in the first cut, but now 10 minutes) where I discussed several points in the Biden administration’s latest immigration reform bill and how some U.S. states reacted to it. …

On March 25, the University of Houston’s College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) hosted an event called “Essential but Illegal: COVID-19 and Reliance on Undocumented Labor,” featuring guest speakers Natalia Molina, Ph.D., and Dr. Nicholas De Genova. The event was an extension of CLASS’ “Race and Social Justice” lectures hosted by the Special Committee on Race and Social Justice and the Elizabeth D. Rockwell Center on Ethics and Leadership.

I never lived a day without the internet by my side. Although my grandparents would often chastise my siblings and me for being too attached to our mobile devices, I believe we were blessed to be born in the digital age. As generations sift through new technological advancements, careers also…