I’ve always wanted to make people laugh. It’s been a constant throughout my life. I was the funny kid who could get a whole room giggling. Now, at 27, I’ve come to understand that humor was once a coping mechanism, a way to distract myself from my own feelings. That impulse is what first led me into storytelling. But with time, I realized that making people laugh isn’t just a shield, it’s something I genuinely love to do.

 

I want to be the reason someone smiles. Over the years, I’ve created absurd comics and offbeat short films that lean fully into humor. At UCLA, I’ve learned how comedy can carry weight, that you can make people laugh and still deliver something meaningful. My first-year film Sherwani did exactly that. It was a comedy at its core, but one that also examines propaganda in government and media. Humor has always been the heart of my work, and it will continue to guide the stories I tell.