Source: SF Gate
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2006/01/30/findrelig.DTL
On January 30, 2006 the SF Gate ran a feature article on Jina Shah, a Jain living in San Francisco who talks about the challenges of living in the United States. "Although most Jains still live in India, there are growing communities in the United States, western Europe, Africa, the Far East and elsewhere. It isn't an easy path, as Jina Shah, a 35-year-old doctor who moved to San Francisco a few months ago, is quick to admit. Shah, whose parents are from India, was born in Chicago and raised in this country. Over the years, she's wrestled with how to live out her ancient Jain values in the modern world, where few share her philosophy of life. Her religious upbringing continues to influence most of her decisions, from the work she does to the kind of man she plans to marry... [Shah says,] 'My mother was probably the strongest influence on me in terms of learning about religion. We had a room set aside as a sort of temple area, and I would spend time in there reading books [about Jainism] while she was praying or doing other rituals. I think that's how, for me, the whole value system and philosophy became internalized. I thought about the things I read and then started incorporating what made sense to me into the way that I lived.'"