Sharmin is a writer and model. She is represented by State Management in LA and NYC, and is currently a Goldwater Fellow in Fiction at NYU's MFA program.

She serves as the Web Editor for Washington Square Review and has previously worked in the print editorial department at BOMB Magazine.

Her work appears in Current Affairs Magazine, Meadowlark Review, Moon City Review and The Dublin Review. Her short story “Artificial Intelligence” was nominated for the 2023 Pushcart Prize.