GAITEway was founded to spread our knowledge and experiences as high schoolers learning about artificial intelligence and computer science in the 21st century. Our goal is to be the "gaiteway" and the first step for young girls to be able to pursue a career in computer sciences.
Megan Jacob is a tech enthusiast who enjoys exploring the world of Computer Science, especially the field of Artificial Intelligence. An avid hackathon participant, Megan began her CS journey with web development as she used it to further explore. From there she has interned in Machine Learning and used ML to conduct published research on COVID-19 and the impact of age on it. She is also a passionate women in stem advocate who loves to share her stem story and technical experience. She has spoken at multiple events about Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning and mentored other girls in development at the Girls Who Code summit. She is also a VEX robotics competitor and state championship qualifier. She loves to combine her passions to create an impact on her community through her volunteer work. In her free time she loves to nerd out over anything stem related and listen to music. As President of GAITEway Megan wants to help make AI education more accessible to the community, supporting girls in their AI endeavors.
Jyothikaa Ramann has always been passionate about computer science and healthcare. She has utilized the many skills she has learned in CS along with AI and Ml methods to innovate with her passion for healthcare. Over the past 6 years, Jyothikaa has developed many Biotech and medical assistant devices. This past summer, Jyothikaa dedicated time to program new AI chatbots, databases and equipment to help with the transition to Virtual Primary Care. In her free time, Jyothikaa loves to volunteer in her community by teaching violin and basketball, helping at hospitals and senior centers, and being a local philanthropist. Jyothikaa is a strong supporter of STEM education and support for girls to improve on their knowledge and passions. Through GAITEway, she hopes to create a resourceful, diverse network of mentors, curriculum, workshops and immersions to teach young students the amazing world of CS!
Grace Yang is an avid advocate of women in STEM and she is particularly interested in the medical aspect of CS and AI. Last summer, Grace worked on a computer vision project identifying different areas of poverty around the world in order to determine which areas need the most medical support at the Stanford AI4ALL summer program. She was first introduced to CS in a workshop similar to GAITEway when she was in middle school. She then explored CS on her own through online resources and joined clubs like Girls Who Code. Not only does she hope to spread her passion for CS to other girls in her community, but she also aims to have GAITEway be a workshop where young girls can come together and meet other girls with similar interests. In her free time, she loves to listen to music, play in her youth orchestra, and volunteer at local health facilities.
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Sama Shah is passionate about AI and how its potential can positively impact the world. Her whole family are computer science enthusiasts, and dominantly female. With this mindset growing up, she never understood gender stereotypes in STEM fields, and is an advocate for Women in STEM. She first got into coding after building her first website when she was 9 years old. She has recent experience teaching young children and seniors about technology, and even worked a summer internship developing curriculum for a variety of coding languages. One of her favorite hackathons she attended was an AI focused one held at Microsoft, where she applied AI to an app prototype that reduces stress in teenagers. She loves analytical thinking and has a creative mind that fits perfectly in the field of AI. She strongly believes AI has a large potential to positively impact our future, and she believes every one should have access to this knowledge because they are the ones who will drive the future of innovation.
Mira Bali is a current Bay Area high school senior. As a girl who is incredibly passionate about STEM, and planning on going into computer science herself, Mira tries to bridge the gender gap in STEM through many organizations and school clubs, which encourage girls to go into the STEM fields. She is the president of the Women in STEM club at her school, and the vice president of GirlDevelopIt, another school club that teaches girls how to code. Additionally, Mira has presented personal programming projects at hackathons and has mentored college students in computer science. Alongside STEM and seeing more women in STEM, other causes she is passionate about include education and raising awareness about mental health. Mira also enjoys public speaking and is the captain of the Extemporaneous speaking team at her school. She loves to dance, write, teach, and read books in her free time.