Luckiest girl alive.
Hi, my name is Manisha Kaura (she/her). I'm a 34-year old, New York-based advocate and author dedicated to improving the world. Currently, I'm writing a low-choline diet cookbook for individuals living with Trimethylaminuria and Dimethylglycinuria, developing a patient support app designed for people affected by malodorous rare diseases, positioning linguistics IP for acquisition, etc. For the past several years, I have stayed healthy by taking Vitamin Shoppe supplements twice daily and by following a low-choline diet.
My career has spanned healthcare, biotechnology, fashion, and publishing. At age 19, I founded Dermetel (formerly Dangerous Rays), a healthcare nonprofit focused on skin cancer prevention, patient education, rare disease advocacy, and improving access to dermatologic care and genetic testing. During my decade as Executive Director, I authored children's books on skin cancer prevention, gave a private TEDx talk in French Polynesia, directed a documentary on indoor tanning, and established a free teledermatology clinic.
In 2016, I won three state beauty pageant titles in Utah. From 2017 to 2021, I founded and led the fashion brand Misha Kaura, producing collections showcased during New York Fashion Week, managing manufacturing teams across multiple cities, and hosting an internationally distributed fashion podcast. I later founded both nonprofit (2024 to 2025) and for-profit (2022 to 2024) biotechnology ventures focused on advancing patient-centered innovation.