"As a twenty-something year-old, who graduated as a Mechanical Engineer, I was used to finding myself as the only woman in the engineering classrooms in India. Post undergrad, I traveled 7000 miles away from home in pursuit of higher education, after a scholarship brought me to Virginia Tech (and to the United States of America). 

Here in the U.S., I learned about intersectionality - now, not only did I see fewer women in the engineering classrooms, as I had before, I saw an even fewer number of women of color - Fewer women like me.

I was introduced to the challenge of lack of Representation of women in engineering. Determined to understand and DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS: I enrolled in a PhD in Engineering Education, to learn more about why there were so few under-represented minorities in engineering, and what could be changed or done differently. 

I earned my doctoral degree in 2017. Since earning my doctorate, I have used my training, education, and experience in leading Global People Research & Analytics at McGraw-Hill, as well as collaborated as a researcher, advisor, and/or evaluator on several research projects including those funded by the National Science Foundation. 

I currently work at Amazon as a Research Scientist. I am passionate about changing the inequities in industry and academia for women and under-represented minorities. I also serve as Senator at the Society of Women Engineers."