germinating

Episode 2 - Haania Raja: Family, quarantine, turning points, and mornings

DISCLAIMER: I did not know my editing software would apply such a HUGE watermark until after I finished editing but I did not want to repeat 5 hours of work so I decided to leave it for this episode since the video got cut short when my recording software crashed anyways, but I hope to have everything fixed by episode 3 inshaAllah ;-;. At least the audio is crisp. Apologies. In this episode, I have a conversation with Haania Raja, a 20 year old pre-med student at the University of Houston. Haania works part time at Mathnasiusm, as a Quran teacher at Masjid Aqsa in Katy, and as a facilitator/tutor for Calculus 1. She is currently doing research on DNA methylation and breast cancer as part of her Bioinformatics program and she hopes to one day become a medical doctor.  Haania has asthma and is allergic to everything you can think of :). Follow the podcast on other platforms: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@germinatingwithsameer/featured Instagram: https://instagram.com/germinatingwithsameer?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= [https://instagram.com/germinatingwithsameer?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=] TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@germinatingwithsameer?_t=8a88RGLUkgc&_r=1 [https://www.tiktok.com/@germinatingwithsameer?_t=8a88RGLUkgc&_r=1]

Episode 1 - Ayaan Raja: What does it mean to be a sibling, male confidence, and the origin of germinating

Ayaan is an 18 year old student at the University of Houston that works part-time at a boba shop. We have been friends for about 15 years now and he is basically my little brother. Today we have a conversation. Follow the podcast on other platforms: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpYTqhZ-ONEjEUhujSDUzqQ https://www.tiktok.com/@germinatingwithsameer?_t=8ZiBXbf31Mx&_r=1