I am Jiya, an undergraduate freshman aspiring to pursue computer science applied to the medical technology. I'm involved in leadership, robotics, advanced competition mathematics, and artistic pursuits in my spare time. I grew up very anxious and timid, but throughout high school, I've grown through several leadership experiences, including being Student Government President and Editor-in-Chief for three journalism committees. I'm interested in research, having completed several projects in applied data science studying school shootings, breast cancer, and theoretical computer science. I am vested in improving women's healthcare, especially in underserved areas. So far, I have raised over $40,000 for my non-profit, Youth Together, to combat cervical and breast cancer in Indian women with free HPV vaccinations and mammography. My work aims to fight current issues within the health system, and I hope to continue applying my skills to contribute to the community. Along with this, I work as an app developer, building apps for healthcare companies to support my education and gain experience. Now, I aim to complete an undergraduate degree + masters in computer science and computational biology at Carnegie Mellon. I can continue my work and dedicate my time to building a better future by receiving a scholarship.

• Paid Research Intern - presented research on Simulink software at ASU symposium, $1800 stipend

  Computer & Network Security · ASU - Center for Cybersecurity and Trusted Foundations

  Jan 2024 – Jan 2024

• App Developer - independently building app for medical administration company

  Computer Software · Prolocums

  Jan 2023 – Present

• Advocacy
• Volunteering
• Philanthropy
• Entrepreneurship

• Tennis

  Intramural

  2014 – Present

• Cross-Country Running

  Varsity · 1 award

  2022 – 2023

  Awards:

  4th Regional

• Research Intern - I programmed the AmoebotSim particle simulator algorithms to fit the Canonical Model as published in Professor Andrea Richa's 2022 paper

  Self-Organizing Particle Systems Lab at ASU · Computer Science

  2023 – Present

  Research topic:

  Distributed Computing and Particle Systems

• Researcher - I found genes significantly correlated with LN metastasis and presented at MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference. Currently, I'm building an ML ensemble model for predicting metastasis.

  Dr. Aditya Bardia at UCLA and Dr. Arielle Medford at Mass General Hospital/Harvard Medical School · Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology

  2021 – Present

  Research topic:

  Predicting Breast Cancer Lymph Node Metastasis using Genomic Data

• First Author - I found a correlation between high income inequality and school shootings, presenting at several national conferences (NCUR, NCUIRE, Sigma-XI). I've written a manuscript which is undergoing revision at BMC Public Health, a Q1 journal.

  Dr. Sudeep Sharma at University of Illinois - Springfield · Public Health

  2022 – Present

  Research topic:

  Effect of Economic Factors on School Shooting Frequencies

• Newsletter and Announcements Editor-in-Chief

  Editor-in-Chief: Newsletter and Announcements for Herberger Young Scholars Academy · Design

  2022 – Present

  Productions:

  Biweekly Newsletter, Weekly Newscast

• Lead Set Designer

  Lead Set Designer: Theatre - Herberger Young Scholars Academy · Design

  2021 – Present

  Productions:

  Far From the Tree, Flash Mob, Game of Tiaras

• Editor-in-Chief

  Editor-in-Chief: Yearbook - Herberger Young Scholars Academy · Design

  2022 – Present

  Productions:

  2022-2023 Yearbook, 2023-2024 Yearbook, In-Progress: 2024-2025 Yearbook

• Free tutor for middle school and high school students - Tutor for all math classes, including ASU Linear Algebra, Multivariate Calculus, Discrete Math, & ASU Computer Science 110 & 205.

  Volunteering · National Honor Society

  2021 – Present

  Mission:

  Providing free tutoring for students

• Organized vaccine and mammography drives, gave speeches, and worked with government officials to provide over 600 HPV vaccines and over 100 mammograms to Indian women, allowing two to receive cancer treatment.

  Volunteering · Youth Together Founder and President

  2021 – Present

  Mission:

  Preventing and diagnosing women's cancer in India

• I grade papers, lead discussions, & teach lectures. In computer science, I lead programming, where I've helped students complete >40 individual projects.

  Volunteering · Herberger Young Scholars Academy - AP Calculus BC and Computer Science Teaching Assistant

  2024 – Present