Shaila Kapoor writes about family, identity, and culture. She is currently working on a memoir that explores the intersection of these themes. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in the New York Times, the L.A. Times, The Rumpus, and others. She has a BA in Economics and Communications from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from UCLA. Shaila lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and two children. You can follow her on Twitter @shailawrites.