Humans of DV: Week 41

Aparajita Gupta: There are so many things you can do with coding: apps, websites, games, and more. I once coded an iteration of the Angry Birds game using Javascript, which I would consider to be one of my favorite projects. I used to play Angry Birds a lot and with coding, you get to see what happens behind the scenes. So when I started, it made me realize that making these games isn’t as easy as ...

Krithi Premnath: “So I think I've had a love for, I guess, sounds cliche, but just learning overall, ever since I was a kid. So I'd be interested in a lot of things from I don't know, Greek mythology all the way to science. Back when I used to live in New Jersey, there was this organization called the North-South Foundation, that held a bunch of spelling and science bees, they even had like geography, ...

Shikha Kathrani: “​​I got interested in research in freshman year [when] my mom put me into [a] research [program] over the summer without me knowing.  My current research is about predicting genetic predisposition to isoniazid-induced hepatic steatosis. Isoniazid is a first-line drug for the treatment of tuberculosis. The drug has high efficacy in treatment, and is super effective, [but]...

Charlotte Law: “I started figure skating as a sport when I was young, around five or six, because when I first went to the ice rink for recreational purposes I fell in love. I saw those really fast, wonderful, splendid skaters during a public session and I fell in love and wanted to be like them someday. So my mom signed me up for figure skating lessons and the rest is history.  Overall, I r...