aishwarya sukesh | @AishuSukesh

I'm a senior at Syracuse University where I've spent most of my time working at The Daily Orange. And, after graduation, I'll be moving to Brooklyn, New York to work at Stacker Media as a programming associate. But in midst of all that, for the past two years, I've been developing my honors thesis: Mango Media Collective. I noticed that there are few South Asian voices in media and often saw cultural concepts and traditions be appropriated, sensationalized or covered in a misinformed way.

It’s easy for those sort of things to inspire anger and frustration. For me, I used the frustration to engage with the editors and writer who are present in the industry to talk about change. I wanted to create a resource I wish I had. I would urge people to talk about diversity, equity and, most importantly, share the knowledge with people who aren’t privileged enough to inherently have it.