Ishita Sharma is a feminist, actor, kathak dancer and entrepreneur. She started her career as a child actor with shows like Shaka Laka Boom Boom and Happy Go Lucky; moved to the theatre with plays like Anton Chekov's Seagull, and then started her feature film career with Loins of Punjab Presents in 2007. Through a short span, she completed films in English, Tamil and Hindi, and more than 50 ad films, working with stalwarts like Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Sushmita Sen, and Imtiyaz Ali. During this time she also pursued her education earning a Bachelor's degree with a double major in English Literature & Psychology, and M.Sc. in Human Development, going on to work in the Psychiatric OPD in a charitable hospital.She has a strong penchant for performing arts and after completing a decade of training and performing Kathak at prestigious festivals like the Khajuraho Dance Festival and National Programme of Dance on Doordarshan, she founded her school of performing arts by the name Aamad, in 2014. Here she immersed herself in martial arts, yoga, theatre, storytelling, writing, and various other art forms.Her cumulative gender experience over the years, combined with the transformative power of arts for social change, led to the establishment of her impact-driven, not-for-profit organisation MukkaMaar, that through its work with government partnerships seeks to restore agency in adolescent girls.