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  Describe where you come from In my heart, I come from a small suburb north of New Delhi. This 23 sq mi radius is where my grandparents sought refuge after the 1947 partition of India. It's where my parents grew up, met, and fell in love. This is where a lot of my personal values, traditions, and culture comes from. My identity comes from my upbringing in Dubai - not the Dubai you'd see on Instagram today, but the Dubai from 2003 - 2016. The homey, developing, cultural melting pot in the Middle East that raised my best friends and I.  I've experienced more personal growth than I ever thought I would've when I moved to LA by myself 4 years ago. I will forever value my experience in this city, and I'd like to say a part of me comes from here too. (The Dubai Marina in 2003) Tell me where you're going Ideally, New York or Nowhere.  Tell me how you plan to get there I'll finish up working at the firm I'm working at right now until I get bored of it. Then I...