article_snippet: As an Indian-American journalist, I have told stories with hopes of casting light on the world inhabited by many South Asian women.
article_snippet: I had loving parents, attended good schools and traveled around the world inhabited by many South Asian women.
article_snippet: South Asian women needed strong role models.
article_snippet: South Asian women needed to know that South Asian women could break out of the molds that were cast for South Asian women.
article_snippet: South Asian women who had found success in America were doctors, lawyers, corporate leaders.
article_snippet: I think it is powerful for young South Asian women to see role models that look like young South Asian women -- role models who are making change and following young South Asian women dreams.
highlights_snippet: CNN's Moni Basu shares CNN's Moni Basu story of struggle and success as a South Asian woman .
  