Sharda Sekaran

Avoiding India

Avoiding India

My mother is named Barbara Williams. She is an African-American woman born in Valdosta, GA and raised in Detroit, Michigan. My father was named E.S. “Chandra” Chandrasekaran. He came from India as an international chemistry student. I never knew him because he left me...

Leaping Into the Unknown

Leaping Into the Unknown

Friday was my last day as Managing Director of Communications at the Drug Policy Alliance. I've had a phenomenal experience with the organization, full of the most brilliant and dynamic people I have ever known. I've watched the work transform and evolve in so many...