I am much more than a woman or an Indian American or a first-generation immigrant or a military spouse or a politician or a conservative or a mom, wife, and daughter. I’m proud of every one of these things, and I refuse to be classified as just one. All the things that made me different made me who I am today. Sometimes these things have been used against me, sometimes they worked for me. But at the end of the day they gave me multiple ways to be the best person I could be.

