Imaan Rajan is a rising sophomore at the University of Toronto, and the founder and Editor-in-Chief of this creative collective. She spends time exploring as many art mediums as she can, from singing to writing to photography. She is an executive member of the VicRecords music label at the University of Toronto and an aspiring poet. She enjoys portrait photography because she loves making people feel beautiful, and capturing that beauty. As a Muslim-American female artist, she found that there was not nearly enough representation around her, and through RANI, she wanted to create space and foster a community where this representation could flourish. You can find her work within this collective in the Visual and Editorial & Poetry section. 

Emily is the Personal Relations Head for RANICreative. She is a rising sophomore undergraduate student at Willamette University and is studying Environmental Science, Data Science, and German. Emily has a bubbly personality with a big heart and loves to make people smile. She is passionate about mental health and sustainable living and is an environmental protection/ climate change activist. She has participated in multiple climate change protests, habitat restoration, and worked at a farm and conservation center. As a woman in STEM, she knows the importance of women having a medium to express themselves and share their interests, that RANICreative provides. In her spare time, you will find her outdoors, volunteering, or singing in her a cappella group!

Jena Sheth is RANI’s Logistics Director. As a 21-year-old from the United Kingdom, Jena is in the 4th year of her Bachelor of Science degree, with a keen interest in global health. Jena’s creative outlets include theatre and Bollywood dance, where she enjoys directing and choreographing respectively. Jena loves to travel, create new connections, meet new people and experience new things. Starting her RANI journey as a follower, Jena has now become an executive, where she uses her skills and experiences to ensure growth for the collective. Growing up Muslim and Hindu, Jena is inspired by the representation RANI provides and looks forward to the collective’s big and bright future.

Raia Karmali is a rising second year student at the University of Washington, Seattle. She is an advocate for menstrual hygiene accessibility and women’s rights. In high school, Raia worked alongside RANITube team member Jahnvi to push for free feminine hygiene products throughout the public schools in their home city. Born in Cambridge, UK to a Londoner and a Pakistani-Canadian, Raia finds home through her international travels and adventures. She hopes to use RANI as a platform to explore and hype up powerful women, and further her own identity as a South Asian Ismaili Muslim.

Marta is RANI’s managing editor. They are an undergraduate at the University of Toronto specializing in English. Their major interests include literature, classics, and politics. In their free time, they write fiction and non-fiction and publishes articles for the news section of The Varsity, U of T’s student newspaper. They joined RANI because they think it’s important to facilitate and expand platforms that offer people the opportunity to create for the sake of creating. They want to practice their writing skills and hope that someday they'll write something that is not only meaningful to them but someone else as well.

Vanessa is RANI’s UX/visual designer. Vanessa’s professional experience includes working on a $10,000,000 app from the ground up. She was a part of the team creating a promotional advertisement campaign of "Guided Prayers" with Justin Bieber to bring in over 50 million views and thousands of converted app downloads. She’s managed several websites and designed rebrands for individuals and small businesses. She loves to connect with others and find what we have in common, as well as admiring the differences. “We are all in this world together and need to find beauty in our differences instead of rejecting them, this is why I wanted to be a part of Rani.”

Ashiana Sunderji is an 18-year-old fashion blogger, graduating from Riverside Secondary School in Vancouver and will be attending the University of Toronto to major in sciences with hopefully minor journalism. She enjoys dancing, writing, and running her fashion and travel blog Ashiana’s Home. She recently gave a TED-Ed talk about youth finding their identity through community service. She has worked on collaborative Instagram posts with Mejuri and blog posts with TED-Ed Weekend in New York and Uncommon Goods.  Additionally, She is a certified lifeguard and enjoys working under a physiotherapist teaching swimming to children with cognitive and physical challenges. She is excited to work in marketing and the fashion & lifestyle team for RANI, to explore diverse expressions of art and help to empower more representation in the media.