Expanding Our Roots: Saachi Chugh

"Expanding Our Roots: Global Conversations With 821" is an online interview series hosted by The 821 Project. The purpose of the series is to showcase the cultural diversity, global connections, and social consciousness of the people of southeast Louisiana as well as those who work to expand southeast Louisiana's roots to the world through works that promote social justice and global citizenship.

The series presents community organizers, community leaders, and residents living in southeast Louisiana who come from different parts of the world or who work to promote global citizenship, multiculturalism, and social justice in our regional community.

This interview is with Saachi Chugh. Saachi is currently in her last year working as a research neuroscientist and obtaining a minor in Mass Communication at the Manship School, LSU. Saachi has enthusiastically been a part of student leadership at LSU, serving as the former President of the International Students Association and International Cultural Center, and with the Indian Students Association as the Cultural Chair for the year 2018-2019. Saachi is currently working on an organization called “The Speaker’s Forum," a platform for global leaders to interact with students. She is a member of the Baton Rouge International Relations Commission.