- December 4, 2025
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Southwest Florida attorney Shanthy Balachanthiran — in saying a lesson learned, or confirmed, in the pandemic is to “never take for granted life’s simple pleasures” — can trace that perspective back to her family.
Balachanthiran was born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, amid a civil war. Her family immigrated to the U.S. in the 1980s when she was 4 years old. “There were riots and genocide going on,” she says. “My parents had no choice but to leave.”
