My name is Anjuli مَريَم(Maryam). I have both an Indian and an Arab name, though I am neither, but I love both of them, and even use both of them. I use Anjuli in English, and Maryam when I speak in Arabic (the very small amount I know).

I have always lived in Atlanta, always been homeschooled, and always been an oldest. And I love all of those things. My hobbies (though I don’t really think of the first as a hobby) are reading and braiding hair. I happily read anything and everything, but my favorite genres are fantasy and science fiction. I almost always read digitally now, on an app on my phone. It has great perks, like being able to hold twenty big books in one tiny rectangle. My other hobby, braiding, is a very recent one. I like to braid (or knit) while I read books, especially school books, so that I have something to do with my hands. I can do 2, 3, 4, and 5 strand braids pretty easily. More are hard, but I love playing with what I can do.

Another important thing about me: I use sarcasm frequently, always meaning well. I love to laugh, and find many reasons to do so. And I frequently quote (often unconsciously) random things, especially by Terry Pratchett. That mostly make me laugh.

I have not decided what I will do after college, in college, or very much at all. My current goal is to finish my last year and a half of high school and my dual enrollment classes successfully, and to learn the skills necessary to be a responsible, productive adult.