Meet the Team!
Leadership
Ishani Singh
Founder & Lead Instructor
Ishani is a senior at High Technology High school, a pre-engineering academy that focuses on STEM education. One of her biggest passions is machine learning in artificial intelligence, and she has worked on several machine learning focused research projects. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Ishani became keenly aware of the mental health challenges that teens face every day, particularly on Tiktok, an app that saw tremendous growth during this time. To try to protect Tiktok's young audience, she collected and analyzed comments from Tiktok videos and developed a machine learning framework to identify bullying comments. Last year, she worked on the translation of ASL to English and vice versa using synthetic data generation and transformer models. Most recently, Ishani worked on diagnosing diabetic retinopathy severity using image segmentation techniques and deep learning. Ishani has won multiple awards and recognitions for her work at the local, regional, and national level. She is also a American Junior Academy of Science Lifetime Fellow for her work. In addition to machine learning, she is very passionate about mathematics, and most recently qualified for the American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME).
Throughout her journey in AI, Ishani has wished to see more girls in the field. She founded Girls Rule in AI after her high school freshman year in 2022 to bring girls together to form a collaborative community and empower them with the tools to build AI solutions.
Ishani hopes to continue her passions in college and wants to be engaged in a profession that challenges her mind and skills and makes an impact on society.
Teaching Assistants (TAs)
Rahini Chanda
TA, Partnerships Lead
Rahini Chanda is a sophomore at Dougherty Valley High School in San Ramon, California. She is passionate about advocating for STEM education, particularly for girls. She recently joined the Girls Rule AI team to help bridge the gender gap in technology and STEM fields. Rahini firmly believes in the potential of girls to achieve great things when provided with the right opportunities. With a strong commitment to education and STEM, she actively seeks ways to contribute. Over the past year, Rahini represented her school by serving on her school district’s Deep Learning and Innovation Committee, which focuses on enhancing the learning environment and providing valuable extracurricular opportunities for students. She also holds leadership positions in nationwide organizations such as IntelliHer and Math 4 Girls, where she mentors students in mathematics and engages in outreach to raise awareness, respectively. Additionally, Rahini volunteered as a mentor for elementary school students participating in her school district's largest science fair competition and guided them through the Scientific Method and Engineering Design Process. Apart from her passions in STEM, Rahini has a deep interest in Computer Science. She has completed numerous coding projects and participated in various hackathons. She has also learned over five programming languages and enjoys creating and programming solutions that contribute to making the world a better place. In addition, Rahini serves as the treasurer of her high school's Girls Who Code chapter and aims to pursue a degree in Computer Science in the future.
Andrea Schefer
TA, Instructor
Andrea is a homeschooling senior in Washington State. She is enamoured with all things coding & mathematics, and has long hoped to see more girls show interest in the STEM field. She finds artificial intelligence and machine learning to be fascinating and she hopes to share her excitement with other women in the field. She has also contributed to various robotics projects and is planning on competing in the USA Computing Olympiad (USACO) this coming year. She is planning on attending LLCipher, a cryptography bootcamp at MIT, this summer. In her free time, Andrea enjoys website and app design. She also likes playing soccer, watching documentaries, and reading.
Emm McCee
TA
Emm is a past student of Girls Rule AI and has been a TA for several sessions.
Marvi Nagar
TA
Leads
Gloria Mwangi
Lead, Kenya Chapter
Instructor
Gloria is deeply passionate about the convergence of software engineering and AI, a fascination ignited when her father introduced her to the world of AI. Attending the ThinkYoung coding school twice and completing the Girls Rule AI course, she has immersed herself in understanding this rapidly evolving field. Witnessing the exponential growth of AI, Gloria is determined to narrow the gender gap in tech. Having experienced the transformative power of learning AI, she is committed to teaching others, particularly girls, emphasizing the importance of grasping fundamental AI knowledge for empowered interaction with this technology, irrespective of their career paths.
Rose Lehane Tureen
Lead, Maine Chapter
Rose Lehane Tureen is a sophomore at Cheverus High School in Portland, Maine. She is interested in the applications of AI in medical research and in advocacy for girls in STEM. Rose was introduced to coding recently while taking a course and was the recipient of her school's freshman coding award. Her interest in AI was sparked while studying the public policy implications of AI for a Model UN simulation. Rose, sophomore class president, is a member of her school's newspaper and Model UN club. Outside of school, Rose is a champion Irish dancer and a member of a modern dance company, and a fencer, runner, and pole vaulter. Passionate about creating empowering spaces for girls and young women, Rose is excited to work with Girls Rule AI and share this STEM opportunity with other girls.
Ishanvi Gupta
Lead, New Jersey Chapter
Ishanvi is a sophomore at West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South and is a past Girls Rule AI student from the Summer 2024 session. She is passionate about AI and computer science, having completed summer courses for both topics outside of school. Additionally, she has written essays on the implications of CRISPR in the field of biotechnological engineering and gene editing. Ishanvi is excited to be a chapter lead for Girls rule AI and has experience with teaching, having tutored elementary and middle schoolers in Python and Java. She is also passionate about debate, having been a quarterfinalist in 38th annual Stanford Invitational and a part of her school team. Ishanvi strives to lift the glass barrier that makes women believe that they cannot have careers in STEM and aspires to change the world through the power of knowledge.
Mahima Murali
Lead, California Chapter
Mahima Murali is a junior at Dougherty Valley High School in San Ramon, CA. She is passionate about computer science/AI and their applications in business and economics. Her interest was sparked when her mom joined a startup company that works in GenAI. Having completed the Girls Rule AI course over the summer of 2024, she would like to continue her AI journey and help others to join and find the same passion for AI as she does. Apart from her pursuits with Girls Rule AI, she is also a part time graphic designer for the non-profit Business With Her, and an outreach manager for another non-profit Girls Can Finance, where she arranges guest speakers for events to help promote financial literacy among women. Mahima has also been learning the classical Indian dance form, Bharatanatyam, since she was 5 years old.
Ayushi Jha
Lead, New Jersey Chapter
Ayushi is a senior at John F. Kennedy Memorial High School in Iselin, New Jersey, and is a Girls Rule AI Student from the 2024 summer. After taking a few computer science courses in her high school and the AI course, she wanted to learn more about this evolving field. In addition to being immersed with technology, she is a big volunteer in her community. Since May 2023, she has also been working at the nonprofit Instilt Educate, where she writes weekly posts about the organization’s efforts in tutoring and supporting underprivileged children in Africa, India, and Sri Lanka. In addition to her work with Instilt Educate, Ayushi has been practicing the classical Indian dance form, Kathak, since she was in 4th grade and also volunteers regularly at her local fire department, assisting in drills. Outside of academics and volunteering, she has been on her school cross country team since freshman year. With becoming a chapter leader, she hopes to spread the AI awareness and knowledge to other girls interested in her area!
Aarthi Gunasekaran
Lead, New Jersey Chapter
Aarthi is a junior at High Technology High School, a pre-engineering academy with a strong emphasis on STEM education. Driven by a deep passion for Environmental Science, she has focused her efforts on addressing the impending water crisis. Utilizing the principles of spectrophotometry, Aarthi has investigated natural, cost-effective solutions to pharmaceutical contamination in water. Her research has earned her awards at regional, state, and tri state levels as well as being awarded to be a delegate to the American Junior Academy of Science. She has additionally been invited to professional water-related conferences affiliated with the WEF.
Beyond her scientific pursuits, Aarthi is interested in videography, and has achieved national recognition for her skills. In her free time, she blogs about emerging environmental technologies and issues, attracting a growing followership. As an active member of her school's VEX robotics team, Aarthi aspires to develop technology that will positively impact the environment, an option being through machine learning!
Marvi Nagar
Lead, Illinois Chapter
