Afsha Bawany was born and raised in Las Vegas, NV. Afsha graduated from Northeastern University with a bachelor's degree in journalism. She earned her master's degree in urban leadership from UNLV. She is a former reporter and forever a writer. Her articles have appeared in The Boston Globe, Las Vegas Sun, Henderson Home News, Las Vegas Review-Journal, The Orange County Register, Nevada Humanities, Las Vegas Business Press, Desert Companion Magazine, The Huffington Post, and Patheos.