Sarah Irfan
Soch Conference Co-Chair
Sarah Irfan is a junior majoring in Neuroscience with a Cellular Concentration. She grew up in the burgeoning suburbs of Lahore, Pakistan before moving to Houston, Texas six years ago. Although she hasn’t gone back since, she claims to be Pakistani to the very core. After graduation, she hopes to work at the intersection of healthcare and social justice. Passionate about global health and efficient health infrastructures, she hopes to engage in grassroots and community efforts that propel sustainable development in areas that need it most. Aside from being an active member at the Organization of Pakistani Students (OPS), she currently she serves as the Co-Director for Advocacy for GlobeMed at Columbia University. Her other interests include research, community engagement and education. As a co-chair for Soch this year, she hopes to organize a symposium that will allow the greater Pakistani community to engage more meaningfully with some of the challenges back home. She hopes to organize, along with her team, a symposium that provides critical insight as well as practical, innovative and sustainable policy solutions.

Mehrose Ahmad
​Soch Conference Co-Chair
​Mehrose Ahmad is a junior at Barnard College and is majoring in Biochemistry. Though born and raised in Queens, New York, she frequently has traveled to Lahore, Pakistan alongside her parents, who have inspired her to embrace her Pakistani culture. As part of Soch and OPS, she hopes to meet individuals who share her passion of learning more about their South Asian roots. Furthermore, she hopes that OPS, and particularly Soch, can provide a critical lens through which the American-Pakistani community becomes aware of the impacts it can have on the issues back home. As conference co-chair for this year’s Soch, she hopes to bring to light issues that people find tangible, interesting, and real to educate the community about the current public health issues faced by the Pakistan’s people.

Arbaz Omar
Soch Conference Vice-Chair
​Arbaz is a sophomore in Columbia College hailing from Lahore, Pakistan. Like pretty much the entirety of Columbia’s undergraduate community, he currently intends to major in Economics while trying his hand in Computer Science. Apart from his involvement in Soch, Arbaz is also a part of Entrepreneurship via Exploration and the Multicultural Business Association. A natural born chatterbox, he can keep you engaged regarding pretty much anything: be it any  incident in the South Asian region to discussing GoT fan theories. During his free time, Arbaz likes playing video games and going out and exploring NYC; while all the time wearing his infamous flip flops no matter the occasion.
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