Spotlight with Sandalina

S3E05 (ft. Sundas @lifewithsundas): PAKISTANI GIRL TRAILBLAZES BEAUTY & FASHION

S3E05: Meet Sundas— a Pakistani, Muslim Beauty & Fashion Influencer.
In this episode we cover a variety of topics across our 4 segments:📚LIFE STORY📚🔥HOT SEAT🔥🤫SHADOWS🤫🔦SPOTLIGHT🔦: PAKISTANI GIRL TRAILBLAZES BEAUTY & FASHION
We talk about Sundas’ path to the present, being a minority in the beauty industry, rapid fire Q&A, community gossip culture, her benign tumor diagnosis, online hate, career highlights, identity in fashion, the importance of showing brown romance online, unrealistic beauty standards, the Scandinavian dabutta trend, and more!
Sundas’ IG: @lifewithsundas (https://www.instagram.com/lifewithsundas/)Sundas’ Tik Tok: @lifewithsundas (https://www.tiktok.com/@lifewithsundas)Sundas’ YouTube: @lifewithsundas (https://www.youtube.com/@LifewithSundas)
🎧 Streaming Platforms / Social Media: https://linktr.ee/spotlightwithsandalina 📧 Feel free to reach me at sandalina.business@gmail.com📼 Together, we will go on a vulnerable deep dive into the journeys of South Asians / Muslims in the creator space 📍NYC 📅 Every Sunday🎙️ Hosted by Sandalina Sattar, a 24-year-old Muslim, Pakistani woman living in NYC. Sandalina is a full-time finance professional, Tik Tok content creator, and founding event host of Wholesome Hangouts

S3E04 (ft. Abby Govindan): TAMIL GIRL DOMINATES COMEDY

S3E04: Meet Abby— a South Asian stand up comedian and writer.
In this episode we cover a variety of topics across our 4 segments:📚LIFE STORY📚🔥HOT SEAT🔥🤫SHADOWS🤫🔦SPOTLIGHT🔦: TAMIL GIRL DOMINATES COMEDY
We talk about Abby’s path to the present, her solo tour "How to Embarrass Your Immigrant Parents", evolution of family relationships, rapid fire Q&A, finances as a creator, stance on animosity between Hindus and Muslims, stage name choice, pressures of being a minority, and more!
Abby’s IG: @abbygovindan (https://www.instagram.com/abbygovindan/)Abby’s Tik Tok: @zarthestarcomedy (https://www.tiktok.com/@abbygovindan)Abby’s X: @abbygov (https://x.com/abbygov) See Abby Live: https://abbygovindan.com/
🎧 Streaming Platforms / Social Media: https://linktr.ee/spotlightwithsandalina 📧 Feel free to reach me at sandalina.business@gmail.com📼 Together, we will go on a vulnerable deep dive into the journeys of South Asians / Muslims in the creator space 📍NYC 📅 Every Sunday🎙️ Hosted by Sandalina Sattar, a 24-year-old Muslim, Pakistani woman living in NYC. Sandalina is a full-time finance professional, Tik Tok content creator, and founding event host of Wholesome Hangouts

S3E03 (ft. Zar ‪@zar.the.star): 30-DAY HIJAB TRIAL BY AFGHANI-MUSLIM COMEDIAN

S3E03: Meet Zar— a Muslim, Afghan-Tajik stand up comedian and content creator.
In this episode we cover a variety of topics across our 4 segments:📚LIFE STORY📚🔥HOT SEAT🔥🤫SHADOWS🤫🔦SPOTLIGHT🔦: 30-DAY HIJAB TRIAL BY AFGHANI-MUSLIM COMEDIAN
We talk about Zar’s upbringing as a refugee and running away from home, do some rapid fire Q&A about her comedy career, talk about her Afghani identity, relationship with spirituality, path to modesty / sobriety, hook up culture, her 30-day hijab trial, and more!
Zar’s IG: @zar.the.star (https://www.instagram.com/zar.the.star/)Zar’s Tik Tok: @zarthestarcomedy (https://www.tiktok.com/@zarthestarcomedy)
🎧 Streaming Platforms / Social Media: https://linktr.ee/spotlightwithsandalina 📧 Feel free to reach me at sandalina.business@gmail.com📼 Together, we will go on a vulnerable deep dive into the journeys of South Asians / Muslims in the creator space 📍NYC 📅 Every Sunday🎙️ Hosted by Sandalina Sattar, a 24-year-old Muslim, Pakistani woman living in NYC. Sandalina is a full-time finance professional, Tik Tok content creator, and founding event host of Wholesome Hangouts

S3E02 (ft. Uneeb ‪@watchwithneebz): MEDIA CRITIC GOES ON REALITY TV MUSLIM MATCHMAKER

S3E02: Meet Uneeb— contestant on Hulu’s reality TV show Muslim Matchmaker, media critic, and podcast host for Salaam Nerds!
In this episode we cover a variety of topics across our 4 segments:📚LIFE STORY📚🔥HOT SEAT🔥🤫HALAL-HARAM RATIO 🤫🔦SPOTLIGHT🔦: MEDIA CRITIC GOES ON REALITY TV SHOW MUSLIM MATCHMAKER
We talk all things Muslim Matchmaker and answer viewers’ burning questions! We also discuss critiques of Muslim Matchmaker, dating while keeping that Halal-Haram ratio in check, Uneeb’s background in the tri-state area helping reconstruct WTC after 9/11, some rapid fire Q&A, and more!
Uneeb’s IG: @watchwithneebz (https://www.instagram.com/watchwithneebz)Uneeb’s Tik Tok: @watchwithneebz2 (https://www.tiktok.com/@watchwithneebz2)Salaam Nerds Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@SalaamNerds
🎧 Streaming Platforms / Social Media: https://linktr.ee/spotlightwithsandalina 📧 Feel free to reach me at sandalina.business@gmail.com📼 Together, we will go on a vulnerable deep dive into the journeys of South Asians / Muslims in the creator space 📍NYC 📅 Every Sunday🎙️ Hosted by Sandalina Sattar, a 24-year-old Muslim, Pakistani woman living in NYC. Sandalina is a full-time finance professional, Tik Tok content creator, and founding event host of Wholesome Hangouts

S3E01 (ft. Nabila ‪@doseoftravel‬): MUSLIM WOMAN SOLO TRAVELS THE WORLD

S3E01: Meet Nabila Ismail, a Pakistani and Muslim founder of the Dose of Travel Club, Entrepreneur, and Solo Travel Influencer. She’s been featured on Forbes, BBC, and Yahoo Finance. And her club, The Dose of Travel Club, has amassed 270k+ members!
In this episode we cover a variety of topics across our 4 segments:📚LIFE STORY📚🔥HOT SEAT🔥🤫SHADOWS🤫🔦SPOTLIGHT🔦: MUSLIM WOMAN SOLO TRAVELS THE WORLD
We talk about Nabila’s impressive background, do some rapid fire Q&A about her worldwide travels, talk about the darker sides of creativity with isolation and online hate, how she handles immigrant child guilt, experiences with racism, balancing her spiritual identity, doing Umrah solo in Saudi Arabia, pressures for marriage, and more!
Nabila’s IG: @doseoftravel (https://www.instagram.com/doseoftravel/?hl=en)Nabila’s Tik Tok: @doseoftravel (https://www.tiktok.com/@doseoftravel?lang=en)Dose of Travel Club Website: https://doseoftravel.co/
🎧 Streaming Platforms / Social Media: https://linktr.ee/spotlightwithsandalina 📧 Feel free to reach me at sandalina.business@gmail.com📼 Together, we will go on a vulnerable deep dive into the journeys of South Asians / Muslims in the creator space 📍NYC 📅 Every Sunday🎙️ Hosted by Sandalina Sattar, a 24-year-old Muslim, Pakistani woman living in NYC. Sandalina is a full-time finance professional, Tik Tok content creator, and founding event host of Wholesome Hangouts

S2E15: Meet Varun Rana - South Asian Comedic Content Creator

S2E15: Meet Varun Rana, a South Asian comedic content creator focusing on social commentary about working in tech, being Indian-American and everything in between.
This episode covers a variety of topics including upbringing in Michigan, family dynamics, being South Asian in the midwest, comedic inspirations, the academic rat race, computer science at UMich, from Amazon to startups as an engineer, switching full-time to content,, 🔥 HOT SEAT SEGMENT 🔥, breaking molds through content, mental health journey, social preferences, BTS process with content, social media hate, social media’s positive impact future plans, and more!
Varun’s Tik Tok: @varun_rana (https://www.tiktok.com/@varun_rana_)Varun’’s IG: @the_varunrana (https://www.instagram.com/the_varunrana/)
🎧 Streaming Platforms / Social Media:https://linktr.ee/spotlightwithsandalina
📧 Feel free to reach me at sandalina.business@gmail.com
📼 Together, we will go on a vulnerable deep dive into the journeys of South Asians / Muslims in the creator space📍NYC📅 Every Sunday🎙️ Hosted by Sandalina Sattar, a 24-year-old Muslim, Pakistani woman living in NYC. Sandalina is a full-time finance professional, Tik Tok content creator, and founding event host of Wholesome Hangouts

S2E14: Meet Varun's Viral Brown Boy Tech Persona "Adi"

S2E14: Meet Varun’s viral brown boy tech persona “Adi” through a 10-minute improv skit. The characters are on a blind first date in New York City… ❗SPOILER ALERT: there will not be a second date. 
And tune in next week to meet Varun Rana, the creator behind this internet sensation persona!
Varun’s Tik Tok: @varun_rana (https://www.tiktok.com/@varun_rana_)Varun’’s IG: @the_varunrana (https://www.instagram.com/the_varunrana/)
🎧 Streaming Platforms / Social Media:https://linktr.ee/spotlightwithsandalina
📧 Feel free to reach me at sandalina.business@gmail.com
📼 Together, we will go on a vulnerable deep dive into the journeys of South Asians / Muslims in the creator space📍NYC📅 Every Sunday🎙️ Hosted by Sandalina Sattar, a 24-year-old Muslim, Pakistani woman living in NYC. Sandalina is a full-time finance professional, Tik Tok content creator, and founding event host of Wholesome Hangouts

S2E13: Suhana - Digital Creator, Dancer, and FT Financial Services Professional

S2E13: Meet Suhana, a South Asian digital creator, dancer, and full-time financial services professional 
This episode covers a variety of topics including upbringing in Reading PA, parents and their American Dream, a musical upbringing, being one of the only Indians in town, academic journey through a double major + minor at NYU, 🔥 HOT SEAT SEGMENT 🔥, creative career, working with woman-owned businesses, pitching yourself to brands, social media highs and lows, future plans, and more!
Suhana’s IG: @suhana_jag (https://www.instagram.com/suhana_jag/)Suhana’s Tik Tok: @suhana_jags (https://www.tiktok.com/@suhana_jags)
🎧 Streaming Platforms / Social Media:https://linktr.ee/spotlightwithsandalina
📧 Feel free to reach me at sandalina.business@gmail.com
📼 Together, we will go on a vulnerable deep dive into the journeys of South Asians / Muslims in the creator space📍NYC📅 Every Sunday🎙️ Hosted by Sandalina Sattar, a 24-year-old Muslim, Pakistani woman living in NYC. Sandalina is a full-time finance professional, Tik Tok content creator, and founding event host of Wholesome Hangouts

S2E12: Presidential Election Muslim-American POV with Salaar

S2E12: This week, we will be discussing the Presidential Election from the Muslim-American POV. We go through the potential implications of 1) Abstention 2) Third-Party 3) Trump and 4) Kamala.
We sat down with Salaar, who works in financial services and is a game designer, but most importantly sits on the board of a nonprofit focused on civic engagement amongst younger demographics.
This is a very emotionally and logically confusing time as we grieve our brothers and sisters in Gaza, and feel as though our voices are being drowned. We hope this framework provokes us all as a community to think critically and make an informed decision when casting our votes in the coming weeks.
DEADLINE TO REGISTER TO VOTE: OCTOBER 26 ELECTION DAY: NOVEMBER 5
THIS EPISODE IS NOT AN ENDORSEMENT OF ANY POLITICAL CANDIDATE. It is simply an exploratory Q&A for the sake of learning.
Register to Vote: https://vote.gov/register
 🎧 Streaming Platforms / Social Media:https://linktr.ee/spotlightwithsandalina
📧 Feel free to reach me at sandalina.business@gmail.com
📼 Together, we will go on a vulnerable deep dive into the journeys of South Asians / Muslims in the creator space📍NYC📅 Every Sunday🎙️ Hosted by Sandalina Sattar, a 24-year-old Muslim, Pakistani woman living in NYC. Sandalina is a full-time finance professional, Tik Tok content creator, and founding event host of Wholesome Hangouts

S2E11: Rahul Dhiman - South Asian filmmaker, actor and production founder

S2E11: Meet Rahul Dhiman, a South Asian filmmaker, actor and production founder. He is best known for starring in and co-creating Amazon’s latest Indian-American TV series Upside Brown!
This week’s episode covers a variety of topics including a progressive South Asian upbringing in Chicago, parents’ American Dream, being an only child, South Asian identity, path to acting, engineering at UC Berkeley, working at Tesla, switching from corporate to creative, 🔥 HOT SEAT 🔥, Upside Brown the Indian-American sitcom, the finances behind Upside Brown, cultural themes in Upside Brown, the future, and more!
Watch Upside Brown: https://www.amazon.com/Upside-Brown/dp/B0DBJ6JT13Upside Brown IG: @upsidebrownseries https://www.instagram.com/upsidebrownseries/
Rahul’s IG: @___rahuldhiman___ https://www.instagram.com/___rahuldhiman___/
 🎧 Streaming Platforms / Social Media:https://linktr.ee/spotlightwithsandalina
📧 Feel free to reach me at sandalina.business@gmail.com
📼 Together, we will go on a vulnerable deep dive into the journeys of South Asians / Muslims in the creator space📍NYC📅 Every Sunday🎙️ Hosted by Sandalina Sattar, a 24-year-old Muslim, Pakistani woman living in NYC. Sandalina is a full-time finance professional, Tik Tok content creator, and founding event host of Wholesome Hangouts