Meet the Class of 2022
Mehek Boparai
Friar Nickname: Friar Shakespeare
Hometown: Hanford, California
Major: English Literature
Activities & Honors:
- 2-Year Director – SPEC Jazz and Grooves
- Managing Culture Editor – 34th Street Magazine
- Vice President of Finance – Phi Delta Epsilon
- Editorial Writer – The WALK Mag
- Research Assistant – UPenn Comparative Literature
- Fellow – UPenn English
Hobbies: Creative writing, reading, watching Jeopardy, sunrise walks, swimming
Favorite Books: To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, Franny & Zooey by J.D. Salinger, A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man by James Joyce and King Lear by Shakespeare
Favorite Movies: Juno, Whiplash
Favorite Food: Birthday Cake Ice Cream
Favorite Quote: “I am made and remade continually. Different people draw different words from me.” ~ Virginia Woolf
Plans After Penn: I hope to continue working in publishing or legal work and writing in NYC as well as eventually applying to law school!
