She got a PhD in Sociology at Macquarie University (Sydney), Department of Sociology & Centre for Research on Social Inclusion. Her research falls at the nexus of contemporary migration and cities. Her work aims to disrupt the victimhood discourse surrounding marginalized migrants and broadens understandings of contemporary cities with a focus on more embodied and affective modes of everyday life. Her current research expands on the interests on migrants and urban areas by looking at middle class Indian migrants and new citizens in Singapore - a group that has been largely under researched but have contributed to the increase in Singapore's minority racial groupings. Her previous work explored labor migration and city-building in the emirate of Dubai. She has lectured in universities in Sydney, Singapore and Dubai.