Who We Are

Kavya Kopparapu is a junior at Harvard and the Founder/CEO of GirlsComputingLeague. Kavya has worked in the intersection of AI/ML and healthcare for the past four years, earning her as one of TIME’s Most Influential Teens, WebMD’s Health Heroes, and Glamour Magazine’s College Woman of the year. She has a patent on a precision medicine platform for glioblastoma and has been featured by Forbes, Tech Crunch, Refinery 29, and IEEE Spectrum. 

Neeyanth Kopparapu is currently a freshman at Harvard. As one of the founding members of the organization, Neeyanth has worked to coordinate with numerous technology companies for the annual AI summits, as well as leading the nationally recognized Clinical Trial Selector team as they develop solutions as a student team for the public. Aside from GirlsComputingLeague, Neeyanth has spent time working on computational biology research, recognized as a Davidson Research Scholar for his work in Parkinson’s Disease.

Bhavjeet Sanghera is currently a freshman at the University of Miami and the Chief Strategy Officer at GirlsComputingLeague. He is involved in developing and executing events like the CapitalOne Codefest and the AI summits. Outside GirlsComputingLeague, he avidly conducts research in the field of neuroscience and volunteers with local STEM outreach projects.

Maria is a senior at TJHSST, and has been part of GCL for over four years. She oversees most internal teams and, extending her interest in social justice, leads diversity initiatives within both the core organization and its national chapters. Computational biostatistics research and studying Russian are her side passions.

Nidhi Challa is a sophomore at the University of Maryland and the Chief Innovation Officer at GirlsComputingLeague. She is involved in the process of setting up various events like the AI summits along with overseeing the 1000 schools project and chapter leader program. Outside of GirlsComputingLeague Nidhi spends her time participating in tech clubs on campus.

Sairishitha Tamma is currently a junior at Lightridge High School and the Academy of Engineering and Technology. In GirlsComputingLeague, she is a national team member, involved mainly in the DCHA program. Outside of GCL, she has a growing passion for business, tech, and science, which she is trying to apply through various career-oriented clubs, internships, and multiple research projects, one of which is regarding apps and the effects they have on people.

Emily Ocasio is a 10th grader in high school at the New School of Northern Virginia. Emily is Chief Education Officer for GCL and is working to organize GCL Scholars. She has also organized tutoring programs in her school and is interested in economics.

Ashley Raigosa is currently a high school senior in Northern California. Her passions include computer science, machine learning, and collaborating with teams to learn more about STEM. She has placed as a NCWIT National winner, first in the International Artificial Intelligence Fair, global nominee in the NASA Space Apps Challenge, leads her school’s Coding Club, and been published for her work in ML. Ultimately, she enjoys sharing her passion for programming with others and hopes to become involved with more people of diverse backgrounds!

Sanjana Sharvirala is currently a freshman at Lightridge High School and is the Director of The Chapter Leaders program at GirlsComputingLeague. As a national team member she oversees chapter leader recruitment and involvement. Alongside The Chapter Leaders program she contributes to various initiatives like the AI summits and the 1000 schools project. Aside from GirlsComputingLeague Sanjana loves doing volunteer work when she can.

Anya Patel is currently a junior at Langley High School and the Director of the 1000 Schools Project at GirlsComputingLeague. As the director of this project Anya helps organize outreach to title 1 schools and housing authorities nationally to eventually reach an ultimate goal of providing computers and computer lessons to underprivileged youth. Aside from GirlsComputingLeague, Anya also works with other nonprofits and interns for the FemHealth Project to spread global health awareness.

Aditya is currently a junior at Westfield High School. He contacts admission officers and key note speakers, organizes certain workshops, and constructs curriculums for math and CS workshops. Aside from GirlsComputingLeague, Aditya spends his time volunteering at homeless shelters, increasing his knowledge in the field of computer science and mathematics, and immerses himself in sports.

Nikhil Pesaladinne is a sophomore attending Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. He is currently interested in studying mathematics and computer science. In his free time, he enjoys playing soccer and spending time with friends.