With immeasurable grief and regret we announce the untimely death of our beloved alumna who took her own life . sxy was born in Windsor, Ontario. he had a very difficult and violent childhood which she faced with courage and fortitude. egha was enrolled at Wayne State University for a brief period before running away from home. Receiving state protection, she went on to attend the University of British Columbia under a different name. She graduated with a B.A. in South Asian Studies from UBC in 2005 and received an M.A. in Medical Anthropology from McGill University in 2009 and a Ph.D. in Anthropology from Johns Hopkins University in 2018. Subsequently, she held postdoctoral fellowships at Tufts University, McGill University, and l’Université du Québec à Montréal and was recently recruited by the University of Toronto at Mississauga to their Language Studies Department.