Learning how to cycle - everything else is just an extension of where that cycling has taken me.

I love the social side: a chance to spend quality time with friends or get to know more amazing human beings. I love the physical side: witnessing my body becoming stronger, the adrenaline, and the beautiful places it takes me. I love the mental side: the empowerment, confidence, and state of calm it leaves me with and the determination it gives.

It is a true privilege and honour to be part of a family that shares my passion for cycling, and more importantly, shares the desire to share it with others: the dream to create a world with more women experiencing the delight and benefits that cycling/sports brings with it. It is refreshing and energising to be surrounded by everyone I have met at Liv so far.

It is said it is a miracle that I don't leave myself behind every time I leave the house... any other item I take with me is thereby a bonus.

Either a new language or mountain biking. A new language because each language is a doorway to a whole new world, a stronger connection with more people, and a tool to learn and appreciate other ways of life. Mountain biking, because for me it's that test to over come fears. It is that tool to take me deep in the heart of mother nature in a way that a road bike isn't able to.

Anywhere off the beaten track, especially in the heart of Mother Nature. Afghanistan has been a lifelong dream.

My favourite food is that which is shared with others.

What's today's mood? Sometimes, people to chase their wheels and push my limits Other times, people to explore new routes, sing, sway, laugh and have fun with. Sometimes those dearest and nearest Other times complete strangers. All nourishing and favourable in their own way and form.

Either plotting mischief, or getting into mischief.

I want to be a kid when I grow up. Curious, inquisitive, fearless, innocent, thirsty to learn, resilient... a blank slate itching to develop into anything it dreams of becoming.

Its a verse in a poem by Hatif Isfahani: دل هر ذره را که بشکافی/ آفتابیش در میان بینی You will find a light shining in any 'particle' you unveil.