Hi! I am Maithreyi Shankar. I am a digital native– writing on the internet since 2003. I am an early adopter, and my previous mediums were Xanga (to hang with my nerd camp friends), Blogger (to act a little more professional), Tumblr, and back to Blogger as an adult.
Building out my own platform was never a priority since Social Media made me try out many different tactics to share my stories, but paper and pen has always been my favorite. (Sometimes, crayon!)
I love trying out new forms to connect with the world– joining Twitter in the early days, sneaking onto Facebook through a childhood friend’s siblings invites, learning coding via Myspace, and over the years, and even a foray into vlogging in my late teens.
As I turn 30 in the year 2022, I am made painfully aware that my immigrant, Desi American, third-culture-kid, Greater Bostonian, Angeleno, Portlander existence is one of “ad astra per aspera” or “to the stars, through hardships.” I have lived many lives, and I’d love to share that with the world. Storytelling is how I make sense of myself and the world I live in, and I’d love for you to take a seat and listen in for a spell.
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