Isvari Mohan has written a war-drama novel (with another on the way), recorded her own song/music video, researched at CERN Laboratories in Switzerland, and is currently a Global Law Scholar at Georgetown Law. She does not fit into the neat little box that society wants to place her in, nor does she attempt to. Isvari's song and talk aim to encourage others to take a risk and blaze their own path in life, not just follow those that are well-trodden. Isvari is a second year law student and Global Law Scholar at Georgetown Law. She is the author of The Eyes of Mikra, a war drama about a soldier who gets amnesia on the eve of a civil war. Her column for the Washington Times, “Muse on News,” deals with hard-hitting political issues in a fun way and seeks to bridge the gap between teenage pop culture and world politics. Isvari has traveled to over thirty countries and speaks multiple languages. She got her B.A. from UC Berkeley in 2014, where she received several honors, most notably the Regents’ and Chancellor’s Scholarship (UC’s most prestigious). She has worked abroad in India for a think-tank, lived in Switzerland, where she worked on supersymmetry at CERN, and interned in cyber security law in Brussels. During her time in the sciences, she also researched in particle and astrophysics at Fermilab and at LBL with Nobel Laureate Saul Perlmutter. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

In this motivating, funny TEDx talk, Isvari tells you all about the one question you have to start asking again and the power it has to break stereotypes. *Spoiler alert: There's a big plot twist at the end. Isvari Mohan (www.isvari.com) is a Global Law Scholar at Georgetown Law, a columnist, an author, a speaker, a composer, and a singer/song-writer. She's traveled around the world and worked overseas in politics, physics, and law. She speaks six languages, none of which is Klingon, one of which she wishes was Wookie. She has never started her own business at the age of two that became a multi-million-dollar tech giant. :) Please don't stereotype her. Whatever you think, you're probably wrong. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx