Dr. Dua reached out in the winter of 2023 after reading about AESOP in the news and offered to help. Since then she has become a Phone Buddy, advises AESOP directors on growing the program, is a model of female confidence and accomplishment, and is a source of inspiration for female students struggling to envision their futures.

Dr. Dua is a vascular surgeon at Mass General Hospital and an Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. She is the director of the vascular lab, co-director of the peripheral artery disease center, clinical director of vascular research, and associate director of the wound care center. She has done medical work all over the world, including at CURE hospital in Kabul.

She has a passion for rescuing pit bulls and spends her precious little free time with her husband, daughter, son, and dog, Leo.