During her time at Cornell’s Brooks School of Public Policy, Lasya conducted research with the inaugural Addiction Medicine Policy seminar, studying Drug Treatment Court and recovery centers in Tompkins County. In her senior year, she grew an interest in the study of immigration law and policy in the United States, working with Professor Alexandra Dufresne. Her senior paper was titled, “Reforming Section 287(g): Prioritization of Criminal Noncitizens & Protection of Civil Liberties.” 

As an English scholar, Lasya focused on nationalist and postcolonial literature and poetry, with a paper accepted to the world’s largest academic conference in Medieval Studies, ICMS. She has also served as a Telugu-English translator for witnesses on several virtual court proceedings since the pandemic. 

Lasya is originally from Downingtown, PA. In her free time, she loves to read, run, cook, and eagerly support Philadelphia sports.