Vasl Artists’ Association hosted Noorafshan for a duration of 7 weeks where she conducted New Media Art classes with 3rd year of Fine Art department at the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture. Being a woman of mixed race with Eastern roots, Mirza was inspired by the local Pakistani community and began looking into various experiences she missed out on as she grew up in a western society. She was inspired by the ideology of female empowerment and girlhood in Pakistan began regular excursions to Lyari where she was inspired by the girls boxing team in Lyari, who train at the Lyari Boxing Club and the Pak Shaheen Boxing Club in Lyari, where she observed the girls during their training sessions. Inspired by her Indian grandmother, who used to ride a horse around her neighbourhood during her youth. Mirza had even joined embroidery classes and even took part in a brief hijab tying class.