This is me when I was about two years old, reading my first book ever. (The Rainbow Fish. I still remember it.)
These are some of the notebooks I made just before going to an outdoor event where I knew I'd have the opportunity to sell them. I made a lot of money and learned a lot of skills that day!
This is me at the formal NJHS Induction Ceremony when I was in 7th grade. Through NJHS, I earned the President's Volunteer Service Award Bronze Medal!
This is me after the Fall Classic Speech Tournament, holding my awards. It was a great day, full of excitement, competition and lots of joking around with friends!
This is me at the You Be The Chemist Challenge. The most memorable thing about that day, besides the chemistry, of course, was the giant cookies they had provided as a snack while we waited for the results. They certainly increased the anticipation!
This is me standing with my friend and mentor, Jyotsna V. We presented together about the technological part of my business ventures at the 2019 ChickTech Conference. The conference gave me the opportunity to meet many esteemed female entrepreneurs and subject matter experts!
This is me at the Toastmasters Conference, where I was an acclaimed guest speaker. I presented my self-written stand-up comedy, "A Perfectly Normal Day in my Perfectly Normal Life." If you would like to see it, go to the Speeches page.
This is me holding my Storytelling trophy from the CHSSA Speech and Debate tournament. It was an amazing experience - I learned a lot!
This is some chalk art my sister and I did on the sidewalk to inspire our neighbors. We wanted to give anything we could to the community during our troubled times, so we drew this on the sidewalk. It lasted for a week before fading!
This is me at the 2020 Regional Spelling Bee, standing on the stage and spelling my word for that round. I got 7th place after misspelling "holophrastic." (I should have known!)
This is me after winning second place at the Eye Level Oratacular. I wrote and presented my speech about the dangers overuse of technology posed to our world. I still am an advocate of using technology in moderation, utilizing it to advance our world but not taking it too far.
This is me at the Project CSGirls National Gala in Washington, D.C. My partner and I coded a ski game to teach people about inequalities in our nation, and we were selected out of 700 participants as finalists. It was a hotspot of technological progress and an amazing learning opportunity!
I've been taking classes at California Tamil Academy since I was 6 years old. I started with Basic 2 (the equivalent of kindergarten) and I have now, in 2021, graduated by way of Zoom from Grade 8 and completed the entire of the CTA curriculum. I am now helping CTA as a Teaching Assistant!
Screenshot from our workshop, where I presented on food insecurity!
Me in my COSMOS Summer Program! In this image, I am posing with the rest of my cluster (Cluster 2) in the middle of the lab in which we did various activities such as synthesizing quantum dots and making gold nanoparticles.
This picture is me at our 2023 State Career Development Conference, on my way to a 'Medieval Times' experience our whole club participated in for fun.
This is me running for the position of California DECA Vice President of Marketing! It was a great experience and I met some really nice people.
Me with my friends at senior year graduation! We ended our Capstone classes with Trimester 2 and had a little party to celebrate. This is one of the pics we took!