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Sundeep Morrison
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Sundeep Morrison is a Queer Non-Binary Punjabi Sikh with light brown skin. They are posed in front of a gray background with a buzzed head. They are wearing a gray suit with a pink button up t-shirt underneath.

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Sundeep Morrison is a Queer Non-Binary Punjabi Sikh with light brown skin. They are posed in front of a gray background with a buzzed head. They are wearing a gray suit with a pink button up t-shirt underneath.
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Sundeep Morrison (they/she) is a Queer Non-Binary Punjabi Sikh Canadian writer, actor, and activist. A graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy New York, her work focuses on social justice, sexuality, and gender. Sundeep's work has been featured in international publications and has also been written about in academic texts such as the Routledge Studies in Religion and Politics: Racialization, Islamophobia and Mistaken Identity. A child of Punjabi Sikh immigrants, Sundeep pursues her passion as a storyteller to shed light on the beautiful and at times painful complexities of growing up with deep eastern roots in a western world. Inspired by her parents Sundeep's celebrated solo show RAG HEAD An American Story, about Sikhs in America sheds light on the often misunderstood and misrepresented Sikh community and the rise in xenophobia in post 9-11 America. As a community organizer and volunteer, Sundeep is dedicated to advocating for ICE detainee rights and works as a translator in Punjabi and Hindi for detainees seeking asylum in the US. Sundeep is honored to be part of the Disruptors Fellowship, and is grateful to have the opportunity to work with luminaries in the entertainment industry.

“Disruptorsfellowship,” Instagram, n.d., https://www.instagram.com/p/CRFVac9JZBg/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D.

Sundeep Morrison was born to Panjabi Sikh parents in Calgary, Alberta Canada. Their mother was a seamstress and father was a cab driver and often worked long late hours and they spent most of their time with thier maternal grandmother, her "Biji" who raised them. Biji would share childhood stories subtly interweaving them with cautionary life tales. Biji was Sundeep's best friend and mentor who instilled a love of their Panjabi heritage and culture. Those childhood lessons served as the blueprint for Sundeep to pursue their passion as a story teller and explore the nuances of a cross cultural and gender expansive indentity. Sundeep was inspired by their parents to write their solo show RAG HEAD which explores Sikhs in America and by their Biji and daughter to write their debut novel a feminist guidebook and memoir titled: Lady Bitch Whore. Sundeep resides in Los Angeles.

“About,” Sundeep Morrison, n.d., https://sundeepmorrison.com/about-1.