ABOUT

Hello, I am Aritro Majumdar!

I am a scrum master and founder. Here's a brief story about why I do what I do.

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Growing up as a child of immigrants in Phoenix, Arizona, I knew first-hand what it was like to not feel understood. As a kid, my family moved around a bunch and I could always make new friends. But, as I interacted with other white-American children in my classes, I immediately felt weird. I always felt the kids who would meet me for the first time would instantly make assumptions about me due to my race. Middle school was the first time I would feel this the most and disconnect from who I really was. I really wanted to make sure I fit their mold.

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I felt the same disconnect when interacting with other Indian-American kids. Many of them were high-achieving in many parts of their life, including school. Even though I have always been happy and proud of them, even to this day, I would let their successes inform how I should lead my life.

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With these two parts of my life staring down at me, I buried so much unnecessary negativity. I constantly felt misunderstood and for years I never knew why. Then after my first semester sophomore year in college, I was kicked out of school. I wanted to keep up an image of myself that I was good at school and I didn't need to study hard. I would tell this to all my college friends. What sucks is there were a couple of times I did not study for a test and by a miracle, I passed. This contributed to my ever-growing ego. In all actuality, I never did homework and I failed so many tests which then led me to have two consecutive semesters where my GPA was under a 2.0.

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Since I was getting kicked out, because of university policy, I had to talk to my advisor. This meeting changed my life. I went in so scared and nervous because this was something that none of my family and friends have ever experienced. We first started talking about my results and scores. Hearing another person saying this shook me to my core. I had to face the reality of what happened. My advisor then asked me, "why are you in school." This question was so powerful because nobody asked me that. Because of my surroundings, I always thought that after high school you went to college. I immediately said I am going because of my parents. He then told me that this was the reason why I failed. I was going to school for somebody else.

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This singular moment made me question everything. It was the first time I thought about self-awareness. My mind was trying to figure out what my behavior was for most of my life. I then came to realize that I had to figure out what made me happy and exclude everyone else from it. This all transpired six years ago and since then, I have graduated from college and been on a journey to match my natural skills to what I love to do. Up until recently, I figured out what it was.

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I thought about what fight do I want to fight. Our world is as beautiful as it is very messed up and there are many people who are struggling every day. Then I thought back to my childhood and growing up in America surrounded by people who were different from me and placed labels on me.

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My fight is to help people feel understood and to make sure they can advocate and communicate their voices. To make sure no one has to feel unconsidered.