About
Hey there! I'm Swetha, a technical product manager, nonprofit founder, speaker, and…
Experience
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Education
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University of California, Berkeley
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Activities and Societies: Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship Course Coordinator - Oversaw course logistics for 500+ students/term (IEOR 95/195/295) & 50 mid-career engineers (ELPP certificate program). Coordinated guest lectures with industry leaders like Eric Schmidt, Michael Seibel, Dr. Jennifer Doudna, etc (08/18-05/21) Regents' & Chancellor's Scholars Association,Cal Performances Student Ambassador for the Arts (SAFTA),Society of Women Engineers (SWE),Association of Women in EECS (AWE), Residential Life (RA)
Campus Honors: Regents' and Chancellor's Scholar (premier merit scholarship awarded to the Top <1% of undergraduates), Data Science Scholar, EECS Department Accel Scholar
External Honors: Astronaut Scholarship Foundation Scholar (2020), Google Scholar (2019), Microsoft Scholar (2019), Qualcomm Tapia Scholar (2019), Grace Hopper Conference Scholar (2019) and Invited Speaker (2020), 4-time Cal Alumni Association Leadership Award (2017-2020), NCWIT Collegiate Award (2019) -
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Volunteer Experience
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Ashburn Library Teen Leadership Council Director, Reading Buddies Program Manager
Loudoun County Public Library
- 5 years 4 months
Education
300+ hours of service assisting with children’s programs and library maintenance.
Worked closely with the other teens on the Teen Leadership Council, as well as library staff to ensure clear communication between teen leadership and library management. Managed activities of other board officers and staff, including PR Officers, Webmasters, Secretaries, and program managers. Also oversaw all ATLC-sponsored programs, including the "Homework Buddies" program that paired high school tutors…300+ hours of service assisting with children’s programs and library maintenance.
Worked closely with the other teens on the Teen Leadership Council, as well as library staff to ensure clear communication between teen leadership and library management. Managed activities of other board officers and staff, including PR Officers, Webmasters, Secretaries, and program managers. Also oversaw all ATLC-sponsored programs, including the "Homework Buddies" program that paired high school tutors with younger students for weekly tutoring sessions.
The Ashburn Teen Leadership Council works with Loudoun County Public Libraries, specifically the Ashburn, VA branch, to improve the patron experience by creating programs for young children and publicizing library activities. One of our primary goals is to improve the library experience for teens, and to help them effectively utilize library resources.
Also led the Teen Reading Buddies program (weekly literacy program) with 20+ volunteers that pairs teen volunteers with young children to read together, encouraging a love of reading and books in young children.
Helped run other programs, including Summer Reading Programs, library card sign ups, and STEM activities for preschool aged children among others, and helps with library maintenance and administrative tasks.
Publications
Courses
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Applied Data Science with Venture Applications
DATA-X / IEOR 135
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Berkeley Method of Entrepreneurship
IEOR 192
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General Computer Science (Towson University)
COSC 175
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Introduction to Data Engineering
CS 194-35
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Natural Language Processing
INFO 159
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Principles and Techniques of Data Science
DATA 100
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User Interface Design & Development
CS 160
Projects
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Teho
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Web application and calendar integration that uses machine learning and sentiment analysis to predict user stress and improve mental well-being.
Original prototype built at HackMentalHealth, hackathon (non-collegiate) in San Francisco in February 2018.
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“Maps”: A Yelp Spinoff
Created Voronoi diagram visualization of restaurant ratings using Yelp academic dataset. Project utilized basic machine learning techniques to analyze data to find patterns and make predictions.
Technology used: Python
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ChromeCiter
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See projectDeveloped and published Google Chrome Extension on Chrome WebStore that creates in-text citations and bibliographies for current webpage to assist student researchers.
Technologies used: JavaScript, HTML/CSS, chrome.storage API
Honors & Awards
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Anita Borg Institute Grace Hopper Scholar
Anita Borg Institute
https://ghc.anitab.org/2019-student-academic/scholarships/our-ghc-19-scholars-2/
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NCWIT Collegiate Award
National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT)
2019 NCWIT Collegiate Award Honorable Mention.
3-Time NCWIT Aspirations in Computing Award, which is awarded to high school girls interested in technology and computing for their ambition in technology, academic achievement, and leadership abilities. For more information please visit aspirations.org -
Google Scholar
Google
Official Announcement: https://students.googleblog.com/2019/07/congratulations-to-2019-google.html
List of Scholars:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTHSP2BEdXTePUHk4BB2UG-p4MUhRrVmEAAfu8YCBwAWmDzb8rbWigFWYyNQL1EXEZOQD5t-Efhln9D/pub -
Invitation for private meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
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Invited to privately meet the Indian Prime Minister during his June 2017 Washington D.C.
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International Literacy Association 30 Under 30 Honoree
International Literacy Association
“The International Literacy Association 2016 30 Under 30 recognizes the next generation of young innovators, advocates and educators who are leading efforts to advance literacy for all, whether in their community or around the world. Selected for unique contribution to advancing literacy through founding Everybody Code Now!.
The ILA list highlights rising leaders from 12 countries and several sectors.It includes nonprofit leaders, classroom teachers, authors, volunteers, researchers, and…“The International Literacy Association 2016 30 Under 30 recognizes the next generation of young innovators, advocates and educators who are leading efforts to advance literacy for all, whether in their community or around the world. Selected for unique contribution to advancing literacy through founding Everybody Code Now!.
The ILA list highlights rising leaders from 12 countries and several sectors.It includes nonprofit leaders, classroom teachers, authors, volunteers, researchers, and social entrepreneurs, each of whom has created and implemented an initiative that has directly improved the quality of literacy instruction or increased access to literacy tools in the classroom, community and/or online.
ILA’s 30 Under 30 honorees are featured in the September/October issue of Literacy Today, ILA’s bi-monthly magazine. ILA will continue to highlight the inspiring work of the honorees throughout the year. They will also be invited to participate in upcoming global literacy community activities that support the shared cause of advancing literacy for all.
To view the Literacy Today feature and the full list of honorees, visit literacyworldwide.org/30under30.” -
United States of Women Summit Nominated Changemaker
The White House United State of Women Summit
Invited to attend the White House United State of Women Summit as a Nominated Changemaker out of more than 10,000 nominees.
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Virginia General Assembly Commending Resolution
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Awarded by Delegate John Bell for Everybody Code Now!’s work to promote CS education
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2-Time #include Fellow
She++, Stanford University
#include is a fellowship program for high school students run by She++, a non-profit run by students at Stanford University. It provides high school students with resources and mentorship to start initiatives to bring computer science to their communities. I was a 2015 and 2016 fellow.
I was one of 30 Fellows invited to attend the #include Summit in Silicon Valley out of more than 300 mentees from the year-long program, where I networked with other fellows, as well as met with prominent…#include is a fellowship program for high school students run by She++, a non-profit run by students at Stanford University. It provides high school students with resources and mentorship to start initiatives to bring computer science to their communities. I was a 2015 and 2016 fellow.
I was one of 30 Fellows invited to attend the #include Summit in Silicon Valley out of more than 300 mentees from the year-long program, where I networked with other fellows, as well as met with prominent technologists in the Bay Area, including Pejman Nozad, Sheryl Sandberg, Jocelyn Goldfein, and others.
I attended events hosted by companies such as Google, Facebook, VMWare, Accel Partners,Square, Pinterest, GoDaddy as well as lectures by Stanford professors on various topics such as Cryptography and Natural Language Processing. -
White House Champion of Change- Young Women Empowering Communities
White House
The White House Champions of Change program honors Americans working to solve issues in their communities and make life better for others. I was named a Champion for “Young Women Empowering Communities”, specifically for my work with my non-profit organization Everybody Code Now! to mentor and encourage young students to try Computer Science and expose others to engineering and technology.
As 1 of 11 champions, I was honored at a ceremony at the White House on September 15,2015 featuring…The White House Champions of Change program honors Americans working to solve issues in their communities and make life better for others. I was named a Champion for “Young Women Empowering Communities”, specifically for my work with my non-profit organization Everybody Code Now! to mentor and encourage young students to try Computer Science and expose others to engineering and technology.
As 1 of 11 champions, I was honored at a ceremony at the White House on September 15,2015 featuring speeches by Megan Smith (US Chief Technology Officer) and Valerie Jarrett (Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama), along with Dr.Jo Handelsman and Tina Tschen.
Languages
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Spanish
Professional working proficiency
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Tamil
Native or bilingual proficiency
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American Sign Language
Professional working proficiency
Organizations
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Cal Performances Student Ambassadors for the Arts
External Relations Committee
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National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT)
3-Time Aspirations in Computing Award Winner
- PresentThe National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) is the only national non-profit focused on women's participation in computing across the entire ecosystem, helping more than 1,100 organizations recruit, retain, and advance women from K-12 and higher education through industry and entrepreneurial careers by providing support, evidence, and action. The NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing builds a talent pool for the growing technical workforce and helps academic and corporate…
The National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) is the only national non-profit focused on women's participation in computing across the entire ecosystem, helping more than 1,100 organizations recruit, retain, and advance women from K-12 and higher education through industry and entrepreneurial careers by providing support, evidence, and action. The NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing builds a talent pool for the growing technical workforce and helps academic and corporate organizations celebrate diversity in computing by honoring young women at the high-school level for their computing-related achievements and interests. Award recipients are selected based on their aptitude and aspirations in technology and computing; leadership ability; academic history; and plans for post-secondary education.
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Regents’ and Chancellor’s Scholarship Association
Co-President (formerly Director of Corporate Relations and Internal Vice President)
-- Founded Cal Innovates, Berkeley’s first hackathon-style innovation competition. - Raised over $5000 in corporate sponsorships from partner companies, including leading technology companies and Skydeck, UC Berkeley’s premier incubator and VC group. - First startup-weekend style event featured over 150 student competitor registrations. - Led all aspects of the event, from logistics to campus and corporate partnership formation.
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Thomas Jefferson High School Jefferson Society
Campus Ambassador/Tour Guide
-Gave tours of TJ’s specialty STEM programs for visiting dignitaries. Led tours for officials from over 14 nations, including the Qatar Minister of Education.
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