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All of a sudden, it was such an \u201cus VS them\u201d rhetoric - and I realized I was part of the \u2018them\u2019.\u201d\nLena Shareef grew up in a lot of places - Pakistan, Ukraine, and the Midwest. She\u2019s currently making the internet do things @ National Geographic - having studied video production and journalism. Along the way she co-founded GIRLWITHABOOK, which advocates for girls' education, which she believes is one of the best solutions to climate change and poverty. When she's not battling Internet trolls at her day job or trying to convince the world of the importance of equality, feminism, and representation (none of which are really that hard), she's devouring books, movies, and TV shows, and then naturally writing/venting about them on Medium and even HER podcast \u201cGrounded Geeks\u2019 which she co-hosts with her brother (ALSO - her dad is pretty cool and wrote an awesome book...just ask Raman). At the end of the day, all Lena wants is just a really good story...\nLEARN ABOUT LENA:\n\n@LenaShareef\n\nGirlwithabookrising.com\n\nanchor.fm/grounded-geeks\n\nMENTIONS\n\nCOMICS: Ms.Marvel (Kamala Khan): wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_Khan\n\nTV: Warrior (HBO Max): imdb.com/title/tt5743796\n\nPERSON: Jason Tobin (Young Jun on \u201cWarrior\u201d) - imdb.com/name/nm0864937\n\nPERSON: Chris Evans - imdb.com/name/nm0262635\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices