How I Got into Publishing: Shifa Kapadwala
Contributed by Shifa Kapadwala, Publicity Assistant at Simon & Schuster Children’s Books
I’m from a South Asian immigrant family. For my traditional
parents, a woman’s ultimate end goal should be getting married and taking care
of a family. It’s no surprise that I don’t share this exclusive view, and I
credit reading with helping me understand a culture I didn’t experience at
home. I learned about things like the kinds of foods that
