MEET THE TEAM
Who are we?
LAHARI NIDADAVOLU (SHE/HER)
Founder + President
Lahari is passionate about ensuring equal opportunities for girls through education. As a woman in the STEM field, she believes that hands-on experiences are key in being successful in pursuing a STEM career. She is currently majoring in computer science at the University of Washington and intends to minor in aerospace engineering. Her background in STEM includes internships at companies like Facebook and Concur and numerous hands-on projects including building a bi-propellant rocket at Society of Advanced Propulsion (SARP) at UW.
MANASVINI CALMIDI (SHE/HER)
Logistics Director
Manasvini’s goal is to improve equity in engineering and the broader STEM community, and she is passionate about doing so through accessible, hands-on education. She is studying engineering at the University of Washington, with a focus on health and medicine, and data science. She intends to use her degree to advance the healthcare field while reducing the inequities which persist in medicine. Her background in STEM includes internships at companies like the Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center and research at Adaptive Symbiotic Technologies and the Human Photonics Lab at UW.
OLIVIA FACQ
Director of Content Development
Olivis is a senior at Tesla STEM High School and is planning to study environmental science next year. In her free time, she enjoys drawing and playing video games.
LAILA KUHN
Director of Communications
After graduating high school at Tesla STEM, Laila Kuhn is a business administration major at the University of Washington. She also currently works as an assistant store manager at Homegrown Sustainable Sandwich Shop after training as shift lead for the past year.
SHRI BHAT
Video Editor
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HUI XIE
Creative Director
Hui has always been interested in a way to combine art and stem together to create something innovative. She is studying Geography Data Science at the University of Washington and intends to minor in DXarts or architecture. Hui has interned as an architect for Gensler in the past and has done freelance art commissions.