STRATEGIST / SPEAKER / ACTIVIST / CREATIVE
Strategist.
During the 2020 election cycle, Pranjal served as Director of Communications at Alysa for Sunnyvale and a consultant for Phenomenal LLC. Knowing that the pandemic made digital campaigning more important than ever, Pranjal met this moment by creating and implementing innovate digital strategies that resulted in Alysa’s victory. For Phenomenal, Pranjal curated a list of South Asian influencers to mobilize support for Kamala Harris, putting GenZ South Asians on the map and demonstrating the political power South Asian-Americans hold. She also consults for independent clients and organizations such as Instagram and the Clinton Foundation to build organizational growth and media related strategy.
Speaker.
From speaking on topics such her own identity and experiences as a founder and former undocumented immigrant, Pranjal has delivered numerous keynotes, workshops, and participated in panel conversations. Notably, she’s spoken at the Binghamton University, Cornell University, Brown Girl Magazine’s S/ashie Summit, and Concordia Summit.
Pranjal is also the co-host of Brown Sugar, a podcast about feminism, love of all flavors, dating, and sexuality-- for and by brown girls (though all are welcome). You can expect loads of chaotic stories and energy, dope guest stars, diversity of perspectives and stories, and communal learning and conversation.
Instagram @thebrownsugarpod / TikTok @brownsugarpod / Spotify @Brown Sugar
Activist.
Pranjal first started organizing around bullying prevention when she was 12 years old, creating curriculum and serving as a peer educator. Since then, she has served as a Founding Member and Associate Director of Gen Z Girl Gang, a gen-z women led organization redefining sisterhood and founded Global Girlhood. Global Girlhood is revolutionizing representation for women and gender diverse people in education, media, and leadership by using a journalism structure, inspiring storytelling, and enabling lasting connections. The 10,000 member strong community spans the world, spearheading global citizenship from a youth perspective.
At Global Girlhood, we believe in the power of stories to learn with and from each other. We use social media to amplify womxn’s stories of empowerment from all over the world to connect womxn like never before. Our community of Journalists gather stories of womxn from their own communities and our Connectivity Contributors react to those stories. We are trying to show young girls that there are womxn out there who look like them, have similar backgrounds as them, and are powerful in their own ways.
Creative.
Pranjal regularly collaborates with companies and organizations to create meaningful content and campaigns. In the past, she has worked with companies like Hollister, Express, Inkbox, TripAdvisor, and more. She also writes for major news outlets such as Teen Vogue, Popsugar, Brown Girl Magazine, 5X Fest, Feminism in India at the intersection of culture and gender,