Humans of DV: Week 27

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- ...

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 ...

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...

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...