Victoria Minette Belveal
Victoria (17) is an aspiring Aerospace Engineer at South High School in
Southern California, United States who has always been interested in all
things STEM. She, as a junior, is in the Pathway Lead the Way:
Engineering Program, and physics is her favorite subject. This AI Ethics
Internship, where she worked directly with outstanding like-minded young
individuals to solve AI bias, has enriched her overall understanding and
respect for AI ethics. In addition, as someone who is concerned about
the gender disparities in the STEM field, Victoria is a researcher for
Sisters of STEM where she actively helps young women find empowerment in
the field. Because of this passion, it was an honor to work with an
āall-girlā team, where everyone brought their own experiences and
expertise to create an intersectional ānonā biased AI system. Victoria
likes to spend time playing with her dog, shopping with her sister and
mom, and reading gender theory.
Ria Nayar
Ria is a junior at Middleton High School in the PLTW Engineering
program. As a STEMinist, she is interested in using her skills for
interdisciplinary work combining technology and social good. Through
various extracurriculars like SWE and FIRST Robotics, she is able to use
her skills for interdisciplinary work combining technology and social
good. The need to close the gender gap, increase equality, raise STEM
awareness, and help our community are all things that motivate her every
day. In the future, she aspires to found a non-profit organization
and/or a technology-based startup. In her free time, she can be found
playing the piano, reading books, or creating content for her social
media platform (The Engineer In Me).
Samiksha Vijay
Samiksha is an upcoming college freshman at the University of Minnesota
Twin Cities. She loves to create, and design things, and at the same
time, learning a new skill set in the process. A.I has always been a
topic that she was interested in , and with the help of her teammates,
she was able to learn more about the ethics of A.I , and was able to
further improve her knowledge in website design from making the website.
Anoushka Arora
Anoushka is a highschool junior at McNair Academic High School in Jersey
City, NJ. She aspires for a meaningful career in the STEM field. Ever
since her freshman year, she has immersed herself in the world of
Computer Science through a variety of means, and hopes to use her
knowledge to make a salient impact on the world. In her local community,
she spreads awareness of the field through her own Hack Club. She has
always been interested in AI and is particularly fascinated by the roles
AI can play in emergency response. In the future, Anoushka hopes to
harness the power of technology and AI in a way that can benefit
everyone.
Tunmise Adebowale
Tunmise is a high school senior at St Hildas Collegiate School based in
Dunedin, New Zealand. She has participated in many STEM challenges -
including the New York Academy of Science, and being the co-leader of
Code Club in her school striving to bring in more girls into STEM. She
is also a coder in html, css and python - with these skills and the
skills of her teammates, bringing it all together for the final product
is an honour to work with a group of talented girls with a range of
skills and interests to learn from and teach. She is also part of 3
online organisations - one named āUpscideā striving to educate people
more into the science world and bringing in a range of people from
different parts of the world to be the team behind it. Tunmiseās
interest lay in the racial bias that lies in AL and studying it, and now
with a strong team of young women has been able to take it and see
through it in many depths. Tunmise hopes that in the future, AL can be
used better for everyone and for a better and beneficial future.