Priyanka Kumar is a writer, artist, avid reader, and travel enthusiast from Bangalore, India. She got her Bachelor's degree from Tufts University in 2018, graduating with Highest Thesis Honors, following which she worked for two years in social media marketing, content creation, and operations. She recently graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a Master's degree in New Arts Journalism. Her work has been published in former Bangalore-based parenting magazine, ParentEdge, SAIC's newspaper, F Newsmagazine and more.

This web-based essay was a project undertaken to fulfill her Master's thesis.