ARUSHI AVACHAT is a writer from the Bay Area. She studied English, Political Science, and South Asian Studies at UCLA. A 2024 Marshall Scholar, Arushi received her MSt in English and American Studies from Oxford University. Arushi loves dark chocolate, Jane Austen books, and California winters. She is the author of Arya Khanna’s Bollywood Moment and Rani Deshpande Takes the Wheel and a contributor to the YA anthology Study Break.