Asha Mevlana

THROUGH OTHERS’ EYES

“She’s very goal-oriented, very driven — and she’s a risk-taker. She doesn’t let things hold her back. I remember her uncle said something about, ‘There’s no such thing as a rock violinist,’ and she said, ‘I’m going to show you there is a rock violinist — I will do this thing, and I will try my best.’”

— Carla Clayton “I think that one thing that people don’t know about her is how incredibly intuitive and kind she is. When she was in second or third grade, we had a colleague staying with us for about a month, and Asha came in and said, ‘Why is Linda always smiling, even when she isn’t happy?’ And we were stunned. We hadn’t noticed it, but she was right.”

— Richard Neiderman “When Asha wants to learn something she doesn’t mess around. The world is her classroom. What I mean by this is when Asha wanted to learn tango/salsa instead of just enrolling in local classes like most people, she hopped on a plane to Argentina to learn it from the source. When she wanted to learn Muay Thai she hopped on a plane by herself and went to Thailand just to learn Muay Thai from where it originated. When she wanted to meditate she went straight to Bali. When she wanted to conquer her fear of heights she decided to bungee and went to the worlds highest bungee in New Zealand. When she decided to direct and film a documentary, she not only did it, but won an award at a film festival on her very first documentary.”