From Orlando, Fla. Navya graduated with a B.A. in Public Health and an M.P.H. in Epidemiology from the University of California, Berkeley. She is now an analyst for Kaiser Permanente and a freelance writer with bylines on smART, Mental Floss, and Planet Forward. Navya and her sister named their dog after Appa from Avatar: The Last Airbender, the only TV show she has re-watched multiple times.