Daunted by, yet persisting in the face of the complexities and the unknowns—chase your serotonin.

An image of Mrinali standing on a walking trail outside of Swarthmore College's Singer Hall and Trotter Hall (visible in the background) on a sunny spring morning; Mrinali is wearing black boots, a large black hat, and a black jumpsuit

About Mrinali

Mrinali Taskar seeks to address gaps in healthcare access, using her lived experiences to uplift and advocate for all communities. She strives to enable everyone to carve out space to live unapologetically as their authentic selves. Mrinali finds joy in the visual and performing arts, as well as through the pursuit of research interests like dis/ability studies, gender and sexuality studies, digital media studies (specifically gaming), performance theory, and interpretation theory. When not working, Mrinali crafts, bakes, sings, dances, and completes video games. Mrinali's favorite games currently include Hades, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Eternal Sonata, Psychonauts, Immortals: Fenyx Rising, and Nicktoons Unite! (the GameCube version).

Mrinali’s skills and interests run the gamut.

The quintessential liberal arts major, Mrinali studied in almost every academic department at Swarthmore before exploring Data Science at MIT and then pursuing her Dual Masters at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences in Computers and Information Technology and AI.

Photo of Mrinali as Veronica Sawyer in "Swat Gay Heathers"
Photo of Mrinali as Im Ikhtifa' in "R3TURN." Photo by M. Asli Dukan
Photo of Mrinali performing in Robbinsville Indoor Guard's Spring 2018 show "No Roots." Photo by Chris Maher, Courtesy of MAIN Guards.
Photo of Mrinali as Sam in "The Kai's the Limit." Photo by Michael Nutt