I am an anthropologist and founder of The Worldview Project. I was born and spent my early life in Philadelphia. My first experience with learning about other cultures came in high school were I took a course in Asian history. After high school I attended Callison College, a college that offered a degree in Cross-Cultural Studies. While at Callison I had the opportunity to live in Japan for a year studying Japanese culture. Upon returning to the United States I studied anthropology at U.C. Santa Cruz. For graduate school I attended Princeton University were I earned a doctoral degree in Anthropology. For my doctoral fieldwork I spent nearly 3 years living in West Sumatra, Indonesia. My dissertation was a 600 page cultural history of a Minangkabau village and its 400 year transition from a divine Hindu-Buddhist kingdom to a practically-oriented modernist Muslim community. I have been the Program Director for the nonprofit student abroad program, Princeton in Asia and was also an in-country Academic Director for World Learning in Vermont. I taught Anthropology at Grossmont College in San Diego. I founded the Worldview Press in 2000 to promote public interest in and understanding of world cultures and peoples. I have the unimaginable fortune to be able to work with an incredibly talented and wonderful group of volunteers.

I am an alumni of San Diego State University with a degree in Kinesiology emphasis in Pre-Physical Therapy. I am currently employed as a volunteer coordinator for a local non-profit. I have been a volunteer and Board Member with The Worldview Project for about 4 years and have enjoyed working with people from all over the world. The Worldview Project is a great organization and I feel very fortunate to be a part of the WVP family!

I am a consultant in the area of program/project management in the software industry and have degrees in International Business and Anthropology. I have been working with The Worldview Project as both a volunteer and Board member for over five years. It has been my pleasure to contribute to such a great organization that does so much for the San Diego community. Cultural awareness is an important issue to me and I enjoy learning more about different cultures, as well as, teaching others about cultural sensitivity.

I started volunteering with the WVP after moving to San Diego from India. I have a Master’s degree in Social Work and I am currently working in the area of clinical social work. I previously worked in an elementary education initiative in rural India. I am very interested in understanding different cultures and have received training in Classical Karnataka Music and Bharatanatyam (an Indian dance form). I served as a Volunteer Coordinator and have authored various articles for The San Diego Participant Observer. My experience at WVP has been extremely enriching and fulfilling.

I volunteer with the Worldview Project as an event planner. By day I am a senior accountant at CareFusion, a medical device company. I received my Masters in Accountancy and Financial Management from the University of San Diego. Growing up I visited Thailand several times with my parents and for a short period of time I attended the international school in Bangkok. In my spare time I enjoy cooking, playing video games, and creating spreadsheets. My favorite series is Harry Potter and I love to keep up on the latest Harry Potter news.

I was born and brought up in India. I have a bachelor of engineering degree in computer science. I have worked in India in a telecom company for two years. Dancing, cooking, watching TV, exploring different places around are my hobbies. After I got married, I came to this beautiful city of ‘San Diego’ to accompany my husband. In May 2009, I started volunteering at The WorldView Project where I could make lots of friends from different cultural backgrounds. I initially started working on maintaining the WVP website. I also wanted to learn about Human Resources field. So I started taking courses in Human Resources at UCSD. Now, I am volunteering at The WorldView Project also as Volunteer/Intern Coordinator. It’s been one year since I am volunteering at WolrdView Project.

Dancing is my second career. While exploring my dance career, I got an unforgettable opportunity to choreograph a Bollywood dance number at San Diego civic dance Arts Company. I am looking forward to getting more opportunities like this. I have loved to learn different dance styles as Salsa, Tango, Hip-hop, Bollywood contemporary.

I hail from Mumbai, India. I have spent most of my life in Mumbai. I did my bachelors in management and also my masters in management (MBA) with a specialization in finance. I worked with HDFC bank in Mumbai for almost 2 years. I moved to San Diego after my marriage last year. I am sure people are right when they say marriage takes you places. At present I am looking for a job, planning to study further and exploring the beautiful city of San Diego. I love travelling, listening to music, painting & drawing and dancing, reading fiction novels etc. I believe in living life to the fullest and enjoy all kinds of outdoor sports. I joined The Worldview Project in November 2009 and have been here since then. I joined as an Accountant but I also do the calendar for WVP. The WVP gave me an opportunity to make friends from different parts of the world and to learn exciting new facets of the cultures around the world. The Journey so far has been a joy ride and I can’t wait to see more of it.

I am a Marketing coordinator at WVP. I graduated with a Bachelors Degree in International Business and a minor in Economics. Prior to relocating to San Diego and joining WVP, I worked as a human resource professional at a high-tech corporation in the Silicon Valley. Additionally, I have experience in sales and marketing at various organizations. I enjoy interacting and working with people of diverse backgrounds. I strongly believe in WVP’s goal and movement to promote cultural awareness, as it is necessary in an increasingly globalized society. WVP has been instrumental in broadening my experience regarding various cultures and developing new skill sets such as social media marketing. It has also been a place where I have built new friendships with a great set of people.  I also enjoy traveling, painting, hiking, philosophy and dancing.