On this episode of Sushi with Seema, I speak to Melinda James aka Mello, who is an entrepreneur of a fashion boutique @leimarieboutique in Phoenix, AZ. Mello 'discovered' me as her model for her line and forever changed my life, no she seriously did though (which we really talk about that industry). I respect her hard-work of building her own business, but most importantly what it means to be a good human and that's what really impacted me. Follow her journey on @itsmello2u. She's all about confidence and embracing your inner queen!

On this episode, I speak to one of the most fascinating people I know, Ashleigh Price. Ashleigh speaks about her crazy experiences as an undercover cop in Detroit, Michigan and fearlessness being in the force. After 10 years, she decided to resign the lifestyle to start afresh and finally be free. She has helped me to be more bold and is now using those skills to be fearless in a polar opposite field, any guesses?

On this episode, I speak to my very first friend that I made in Arizona and also my mentor, Deepti Aggarwal, about all the tidbits of life. By choice, she is a Computer Engineer and by accident, she kinda became my mother. We talk about the never ending question of marriage, my journey as her third-wheel and our new found passion to plan weddings especially after hers.

On this episode, we got to have the OG professional dancer of Arizona, Milena Anderbrhan, who is also a strong advocate for mental health, training to be a psychotherapist. Her passion for dance inspired me to tackle on the challenge of learning new styles of dance, which has taught both of us a lot about self-acceptance. You will definitely take away some words of wisdom and even ways to give back to others in the most simple ways from this beautiful person. Be sure to follow her journey on @imilena, she's going to go big in LA (her new current city) and rest of the world!

Welcome to the very first episode of Sushi with Seema! On this episode, I sat down with my acting coach and one of the coolest people I know, Shea Elysse-Toepel, to talk about the conception of this show to her journey of self-discovery through acting and her passion to make an impact through teaching. We also talk about how my Hollywood dreams came about after moving to Arizona and joining the Dearing Acting Studio!