Ilina is a graduate from the University of Michigan (2019) with a BA in History and a minor in Gender & Health Her experiences as a first generation Kashmiri woman and a political organizer inform her views on the need for activism to empower her community members and to deconstruct systems of power in the struggle for equality Having an interest in post-colonial South Asia and Asian American activism she strives to bring visibility to her Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) counterparts whose histories are often neglected,