2022 AiC Campus Reps
About the 2022 AiC Campus Reps
Campus Reps are drawn from the Aspirations in Computing (AiC) Community, a network of more than 16,000 technical women from high school to early workforce. Below, you can find information about the 2022 AiC Campus Representatives and learn more about their projects and efforts at their universities. To see a directory of current AiC Campus Representatives, click here.
Alyshia Bustos
Alyshia Bustos is a Ph.D. graduate student at University of New Mexico, Computer Science Department where she works in the Hand and Machine research group with Dr. Leah Buechley. Alyshia is the lead graduate student on the Interactive Mural project for Dr. Leah Buechley and is working on new technology to teach and engage diverse youth in computer science. She is the president of the Women in Computing organization and the Computer Science Graduate Student Association at UNM. She has worked in the technical computer science field for four years as a software developer. Her Bachelor’s and Master’s degree are in Computer Science which she received both from UNM. She has received the Outstanding Junior Award through her department during her undergraduate degree program. Recently, she has been accepted as a finalist for the NCWIT Collegiate Award. When she is not working her favorite hobbies are snowboarding and skydiving.
Adriana Lopez Cajigas
Adriana was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 2001. In Puerto Rico she attended a private school called The American Military Academy. In a class of 98 students, Adriana was the top of the class. She was also heavily involved in many STEM programs available to her in the island. Here is when she first got involved with NCWIT. Then, in 2016, due to the economic depression, she moved to Houston, Texas. She graduated from Cywoods High School and currently is an undergraduate at University of Houston. Her major is computer engineering with a minor in creative work.
Adriana believes combining the STEM field with the arts can lead to new and insightful discoveries in the field. She has proved this with her work with the Brain Machine and Interface Lab at University of Houston. With them she has created a comic book with three parts about new and innovative projects in the field of Neuroscience (can be read here:https://adryswork.tumblr.com/Brain).
With NCWIT, Adriana created the first Mentor Circle program along with TEALS educator Tonya Davis. This program is intended to assist and inform girls about the opportunities available in the STEM field. In addition, Adriana is also the president of University of Houston TEA Club (Themed Entertainment Association). Here she assists students in getting into and informing them about the niche industry of theme parks. Furthermore, she tutors young children at a Mathnasium location.
As a short term goal, Adriana desires to expand her Mentor Circle project. As a long term goal she plans on being a theme park engineer or an educator. In her free time she likes to draw and watch animated movies.
Genevieve Chin
Genevieve Chin (pronouns she/her) is an undergraduate student at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) studying Computer Science and Community Engagement & Social Change. She is passionate about making technology education accessible in the Los Angeles area and is interested in the overlaps of technology, social impact, ethics, and public policy. She got her start in technology through communities like BUILT BY GIRLS, Kode With Klossy, Girls Who Code, and Major League Hacking. She wants to empower underrepresented groups in technology and ensure that their voices are included in the development of future innovations.
Genevieve was a 2021 NCWIT AiC National Honorable Mention and Los Angeles Affiliate Winner and a member of Major League Hacking’s Top 50 Class of 2021.
Sanmati (Sana) Choudhary
Sana is a current third year undergraduate student at Columbia University in New York City. She is planning to major in Computer Science with a minor in Mathematics and Entrepreneurship & Innovation. Sana hopes to contribute to building a diverse and inclusive CS community at her university through multiple clubs and organizations. Currently, she serves as the co-president of the Robogals Columbia Chapter where she organizes after school clubs at nearby NYC schools to teach them a variety of STEM topics. She also is an Executive Committee Member for the Society of Women in Engineers and plans the annual Engineering Exploration Event (EEE) for local high school students. Sana also is a mentor for the Application Development Initiative where she helps her peers out with classes, homework, or any advice they may need. Besides Computer Science, Sana enjoys playing tennis with her younger brother and wishes she could play more at college. She also plays the viola and loves to compose music and learn more about the origins of certain compositions. In her free time, she loves to cook different cuisines with her friends! Sana is very excited to be a Campus Representative this year and continue to bridge the gender gap in STEM.
Rachel Daniel
Georgia Tech
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachela-daniel/
Zoie Keys
Zoie Keys is currently a third-year undergraduate student at Hendrix College, a private liberal arts college in Conway, Arkansas. She majors in Computer Science, and is highly involved in the CS community at her college. She has been a teaching assistant since freshman year for Foundations of Computer Science, and enjoys helping her peers with their CS coursework in her free time. She is also the President of Hendrix’s Computer Science Club, a member of the college’s programming team, and has started a Girls Who Code college loop at Hendrix. Zoie focuses on increasing retention and inclusion in the Computer Science field, and she has worked on this goal through her own extracurriculars at Hendrix. Zoie has another passion besides Computer Science, which is creative writing. She enjoys writing poetry as a hobby, and would like to combine her CS and creative writing skills to pursue video game design. However, Zoie currently works with her college’s HelpDesk, and would love to pursue a career abroad working in Information Technology at a U.S. foreign embassy. Being born and raised in Arkansas, she would love to study abroad as well, and see how different cultures interact with technology across the world.
Lucy Kuo
Shin-Tsz (Lucy) Kuo is a senior studying computer science and economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She grew up in Wayzata, Minnesota (Minneapolis) with her Taiwanese immigrant parents and a younger brother.
On campus, she has been serving as the Service Chair for the Honors Student Organization, an officer of ACM-W, and Historian for the Chinese American Student Association for the past two years. She has been an active member of her social and STEM sorority since her freshman fall semester and was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa honor society her sophomore year. She also joined a psychology research lab to work on a project connecting color visualization with sound. In her free time, she can be found doing photography, playing violin, running as an ex-track and field athlete in high school, and going on nature walks. For her fun fact, she used to be a rhythmic gymnast.
Daniela Markazi
Daniela Markazi graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) in December 2019 with dual bachelor's degrees in Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ABE). As an undergraduate student, she created her own computer science class within the ABE Department, conducted multiple research projects, including one in robotics engineering, and held leadership positions in various STEM organizations. Currently, she is an Informatics Ph.D. student at the School of Information Sciences at UIUC. Her research focuses on how technology is designed to contribute to, enhance, and influence social change and development. Outside of the university, Daniela has been working since 2018 as a robotics engineer at the John Deere Technology Innovation Center in Champaign, Illinois. Moreover, Daniela has been the chair of the Central Illinois Chapter of NCWIT Aspirations since 2015.
Anika Pruthi
Anika Pruthi is a senior studying Computational and Mathematical Biology and Chemistry at the College of New Jersey (TCNJ) in the Honors Program. She joined the NCWIT Aspirations in Computing community in 2019 as an Honorable Mention for her “Smart Sutures” project. As a leader for the Biology Honor Society and National Society for Leadership and Success on her campus, Anika enjoys transforming leaders into visionary change-makers. Between many other activities of Student Government or the American Medical Student Association, Anika also works on research in a computational chemistry laboratory. She is currently working on research regarding the computer-guided design of novel biopharmaceutical formulations and applying to medical school. Anika hopes to continue growing her knowledge of programming and STEM in her last semester at TCNJ and is eager to represent the NCWIT AiC community!
Kayley Seow
Kayley Seow, pronouns she/her, is a second-year undergraduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, hailing from the Bay Area, California. She is pursuing a Bachelors in Computer Science and Statistics, with honors in the liberal arts. At UW Madison, Kayley serves as a College of Letter and Science Dean’s Ambassador, working closely with L&S and University leadership. Through the Undergraduate Research Scholars program, she joined the UW Madison Justice Lab, assisting on the Prison Proliferation Project. Her on campus involvements also include performing with the University Band as a flutist, Society of Women Engineers (SWE), ACM Women in Computing (W-ACM), Honors Student Organization (HSO), and Rewriting the Code (RTC).
In her free time, Kayley spends it tinkering with her latest creations (preferably at hackathons), on photography, cross stitching, writing postcards, badminton, taking care of her goldfish, and geeking out with her friends. She can also be found frequenting Madison’s museums and bookstores, documenting the campus’ aquariums, and playing campus pianos — especially Memorial Union’s Steinway.
Kayley is a recipient of the 2021 NCWIT Aspirations in Computing National Honorable Mention award, as well as a Winner of the San Francisco Bay Area Affiliate award. Serving as a Campus Representative, she hopes to continue supporting more students of underrepresented backgrounds in computing and technology.
Akhila Yellapragada
Akhila Yellapragada is currently a second-year computer science and artificial intelligence student at The University of Georgia. She has been working with NCWIT for the past four years as an AspireIT Leader, where she partnered with research faculty at The Georgia Institute of Technology and the Fulton County Education Foundation to curate a technology mentoring program, Tech Talk, for young female students coming from marginalized backgrounds. She is actively involved with multiple organizations on campus aiming towards bridging the gender gap in the technology field. Some of these organizations include, but are not limited to Women in Technology, girls.code(), Girls Who Code, and ACM. In her free time, she enjoys dancing, coding, and photography. Akhila is looking forward to working alongside other highly driven women in the campus representatives group at NCWIT and bringing exciting, new ideas to her university.
