JiVA Talks: Unfiltered

Umna Khan is the founder of UMNA, a purpose-driven crystal clutch brand rooted in creativity, community, and charity. A Pakistani-American creator and marketer, Umna transforms personal experiences of advocacy, reinvention, and healing into meaningful storytelling and impact-driven design. Through her work, she hopes to remind others that rebuilding your life and speaking your truth can also be an...

In this raw, unfiltered conversation, psychiatrist Dr. Huma Qureshi sits down with writer and Netflix personality Vyasar Mamudha Dennison for a deeply honest exploration of what it means to grow up South Asian in America — carrying secrets, shame, and the weight of a family history no one will name out loud. Vyasar opens up about discovering, alone in grad school, that his father had been imprison...

Kausar Mohammed is a queer, Muslim, Pakistani actress, writer, comedian, and equity consultant based in LA. She co-founded The Get Brown, an all South Asian sketch comedy troupe. She wrote and starred in a queer Muslim romcom that premiered at TIFF. She has spoken publicly about using humor as liberation and therapy. She has a wife. She is your humor and identity episode. 

Ektha Agarwal founder of Jiva Mental Health sits down with Dr. Huma Quereshi psychiatrist and impact board member for Jiva have a conversation about breaking the stigma around mental health, and their four part series in honor of Mental Health Awareness month.