Laila Kasuri Seoul, South Korea

Raised in Pakistan, Laila Kasuri now works as a water resources specialist with an international organization based in Seoul. When she is not working on rivers, she enjoys writing about perspectives on life, politics, travel, and all the things in between. Her travel writing is featured on her travel page, "Galati Travels," and her work on water and development has appeared in multiple magazines, from Harvard College Review of Environment, Water Policy Journal, among others. She is currently exploring the literary possibilities of Pakistani hard science fiction and a series of flash fiction pieces experimenting with a range of voices as a woman of color.