meet our teams
These young women are passionate about the GTC mission, and they are leading larger teams of college mentors to bring our vision to life in their local communities!
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stanford university
Anjini Karthik Exec co-lead Anjini is a junior (and 2014-16 high school liaison) from Sunnyvale, CA. She's excited about the applications of CS to healthcare and serves on the board of Stanford Students in Biodesign. She's a dancer on the Stanford Bhangra team and in her free time, enjoys traveling, learning photography, sampling street food, and spending time at CoHo. |
Kristine Guo Exec co-lead Kristine is a junior from Broomfield, CO, studying Computer Science. You can usually find her coding, sleeping, eating, or some combination of the three. In her free time, she loves playing taiko, discovering new memes, and looking for soft dogs to pet. |
Ayushi Chandaria Events co-lead Ayushi is a junior from Singapore, studying product design and computer science. She is interested in the intersection of psychology, design and technology and enjoys working with children. Outside of school, her hobbies include traveling, drawing, scrapbooking and eating Nutella. |
Grace Cheng Events co-lead Grace is a sophomore from Westborough, MA majoring in Computer Science. In her spare time, she enjoys playing the piano and flute, cooking and baking for her friends, and dogspotting. |
Lucia Zheng People lead Lucia is a sophomore from Portland, OR majoring in Computer Science. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, drinking way too much coffee and discovering new music. She's passionate about issues related to education inequity and diversity in technical problem spaces. |
Apoorva Dornadula Outreach lead Apoorva is a second year Computer Science Masters student specializing in artificial intelligence and is part of the Stanford Vision Lab. She is passionate about applied computer vision and machine learning fairness. In her free time, she loves to roller-blade, travel, and bake. |
Julia Thompson finance lead Julia is from Berryville, VA, studying chemistry, symbolic systems, and political science, with a minor in aeronautics and astronautics. She's interested in AI, cybersecurity, and robotics. She writes for Fascinate, builds rockets with SSI, participates on the Model UN team, coaches gymnastics, and figure skates, among other interests. |
university of california berkeley
Joanne Ma Exec lead Joanne (she/her) is a junior (and Code Camp 2014 alum, High School liaison from 2014-16) from San Jose, CA studying rhetoric and computer science to inform her interests in civic tech, ethics, and digital privacy. She’s just ok at driving, pretty good at sneaking up on rooftops in pursuit of sunset views, and really bad at baking bread. |
Adriana Babakanian Events co-lead Adriana is a senior studying Computer Science and Mathematics, with a passion for design. Despite her technical majors, she loves art history, literature, and color theory. You can usually find her hiking, learning new web frameworks, and reading — or in a perpetual pursuit of the best matcha! |
Cathleen Jia Events co-lead Cathleen is a junior from San Jose, CA studying cognitive science and computer science. She is a designer and developer, creating radically different digital experiences for inclusivity and sustainability. She recently started eating more spice when she visited Thailand. There, she rode a moped for the first time and had the best tom yum of her life. |
Pratibha Sriram People lead Pratibha is a sophomore (and High School Liaison from 2016-17) from San Jose, CA studying computer science and data science. She's passionate about diversity in tech and computer science education, and loves volunteering! When she's not coding, Pratibha enjoys running, traveling, reading good books, and taking long naps. |
Srividhya Shanker Finance lead Srividhya is a junior from Fremont, CA studying Computer Science. She is also a member of UC Berkeley Project RISHI. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with friends, playing table tennis, traveling with her family, and eating unhealthy amounts of Chipotle. |
join us
Volunteer to be a mentorAs a mentor, you will help girls gain confidence, exercise their minds, and discover their passion for Computer Science & Engineering. You'll also have many networking opportunities to mingle with your peers and meet representatives from our sponsorship companies. We're looking for:
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Not at Stanford or Berkeley?We're actively growing GTC and love hearing from people who are as passionate as we are about our mission. Email us to find out more about ways you can get involved!
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