Niharika Vattikonda
​Niharika is a sophomore at UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University through the Robertson Scholars Leadership Program. Throughout high school, she studied computer science, working on research in computational genomics at the U.S. Naval Research Lab, and worked to mentor younger students at her school and in the D.C. metro area with Teens Transforming Technology. Her vision for Teens Transforming Technology is simple: teens harnessing the power of technology to empower their communities, using computer science to uplift our world, one student at a time.

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Nishitha Vattikonda
Nishitha is a junior at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. She’s a computer science enthusiast, taking advanced CS classes at her school, such as Artificial Intelligence and Mobile/Web App Development. Nishitha is Vice President of Coding Lady Colonials, a club focused on encouraging girls in computer science, and she also is on the team that organizes HackTJ. She’s interested in working to end the gender gap in STEM fields and working on Fairfax County’s Student Human Rights Commission to bring equity to students across the county.