Sofie Khan is an actor, writer, producer, and director born and raised in Chicago, with a chapter of her childhood spent in Brownsville, Texas. She's the creator of the sold out, award winning one woman show MexiStani: Growing Up Mexican and Pakistani in America, wrote and directed the short film Ground Nuts, and won $25,000 through the CBS Pipeline program for her screenplay Ochoch, money she donated straight to an LA immigration legal services nonprofit.

In this episode, Sofie and Ilse get into:

• Growing up in a multicultural, interfaith household in Chicago
• Moving to Brownsville, Texas, and the unexpected Southern twang that came with it
• The arranged marriage that got called off a single day before it was set to happen, thanks to a scholarship letter that arrived just in time
• Trading a pre med path and a run at politics for Second City Conservatory
• Her first audition, found on Craigslist, and how Teatro Luna shaped her as a storycreator
• Casa NoHo as a creative home base for LA's indie film community
• The rules for a proper Doritos and yogurt situation, and why she's not backing down

Follow Sofie on Instagram at @heysofiekhan

Hosted by Ilse Zacharias Rivera. Say hi / follow along here: @ilsezacharias

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