Connect Who or what is your inspiration in business?

My greatest inspiration in business is my mother. She raised five children in poverty in Karachi while enduring an abusive marriage, yet never gave up on our education. We sold food on the streets together just to pay school fees. Her resilience, sacrifice, and refusal to accept limitations shaped my mindset. She taught me that no matter how hard life gets, you keep going and that strength became the foundation of everything I’ve built today.

How do you stay motivated?

I don’t rely on motivation, I rely on the life I survived. I’ve known what it’s like to not afford food or school, to have no shelter, to sell food on the streets just to keep going, to watch my mother suffer and still fight for us. That pain never leaves you, it becomes your drive. Every step forward is for her and the little girl who had no options. Quitting was never a choice. I’m doing this to earn mentorship from Daymond John.

What would you do with the $25,000?

I would use the $25,000 to feed families back home who go to sleep hungry,I know them because I was once one of them. I don’t need this money, but they do. I’ll create food kits and share their stories to inspire giving. I’ll also invest in their children by buying courses and prepaying their school tuition for a full year, so they don’t just survive, but have a real chance to rise.