Humans of DV: Week 27
Daniela Wise-Rojas, Jiayu Zhan, Hannah Wang, and Mahika Arya
This week on Humans of DV: a passionate computer scientist, an imaginative writer, an inspirational coder, and a spirited artist. Stay tuned for next week’s installation of this feature and make sure to catch the last installation here if you missed it.
“I’ve always kind of wondered how computers work. And to this day, there are things that still completely mystify me.”
Anusha Pai: A little bit of background: [Superposition] started out as a hackathon for female and non-binary identifying individuals a couple of years ago...it's been around for four years. Last year, I think it became known as the largest hackathon in the Bay Area for female and non-binary individuals. I was actually an ambassador for Superposition last year, and I want to study computer science- ...
“Writing strips me of social limitations, allowing me to embrace freedom as a wild bird”
Jiarui Li: “My family and I moved to the US from China when I was 11. Starting then I got into something called creative writing. How I got into it is complex: I like to read web fiction; as a middle schooler then getting into puberty I needed something to express myself and record my emotions down. Out of all of the different genres, I’m most into youthful romantic fiction, which is what I ...
“Coding is such a useful skill I have learned, and I hope to impact the world positively using coding.”
Sachi Sayal: “I gained coding experience from classes I took over the course of 3 years starting from when I was 12. After my first coding class I began to sign up for more because I was so intrigued by the process of coding. After my freshman year in high school, I enrolled in a camp at Diablo Valley College that focused on engineering and computer science. Those two weeks at the camp was so fun...
“Over the summer, I had a lot of time, so I was mass-producing a lot of up-cycled things”
Anika Sharma: “I’ve always been a really crazy, artistic child. Ever since I was five years old I would go to school with the most insane, mismatched outfit you could imagine. When I was in first grade, I started making earrings and bracelets out of paper clips… and I think that’s when [my upcycling] started — I would use things laying around my house. When I was in sixth grade, I learned h...
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