When I was asked to write for this blog I was like, this could be fun as I am always telling my story of how I ended up here.  Well, like most of us in this profession, regardless [...]

I have Desi students tell me, “Come on Ms. Hindocha, you know we are brown!” You don’t have to know anything more when Desi students walk in to your office and start the conversati[...]

“The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.”  – Rabindranath Tagore If you were to tell me ten years ago that today I would be working professionally in high[...]

For a very long time, I believed I was one of the few individuals that represented the “Indian” ethnicity within the Student Affairs field.  I am thrilled to learn that after being[...]

I sometimes think of myself as a product of assimilation.  When researching the definition of “assimilate” for writing inspiration, Google informed me of this: “to bring into confo[...]

I thought I was the only one. It is arrogant, I know. But when I started in the field of student affairs, I thought I was the only one. The only Desi in the field. I really thought[...]

Over the last three weeks, I have been energized by the stories of my fellow #HigherEdDesi colleagues sharing how they came to find the student affairs profession and what their jo[...]

Being a Desi Higher Education Administrator is only one intersection of my identity.  It is a combination of my Desi Identity and my #SAPro Identity, that make me the administrator[...]

The author of this post wishes to remain anonymous. When I was given the chance to write about #HigheredDesi, I jumped at the opportunity!  Fast forward two weeks and I realize how[...]

True story: This post was incredibly difficult to write. I had writer’s block. I felt I had too much to say, and I didn’t even know where to begin. The confines of a word document [...]