Women Who Reign: Aishwarya Mandyam

“Nobody has everything but everybody has something.”
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Tell us about yourself along with a fun fact!
I’m a rising sophomore at the University of Washington studying Computer Science and Neural Engineering. In my spare time I enjoy dancing, lifting, getting Fitbit steps and playing with dogs.

What # would define your life journey?
#DoMore definitely. It is simple, yet a philosophy that pushes me forward every day. How can I do more to fulfill my aspirations and support others? It’s a question that I try to answer every day.

Favorite website / app:
OneNote is an application that I use nearly every day. I initially started using it because of work, but it proves to be very useful when I want to write something down in my own handwriting and my Surface Book can store all of it with ease. I’m excited to see where it will go in the future!

Someone who inspires you and knowledge they have imparted:
I recently met Dona Sarkar, a distinguished engineer at Microsoft. I’m very early in my career but her words will always resonate with me. Something I struggle with is how to build my image as a computer scientist that loves fashion and dressing up, but Dona makes it very simple. Dress however you want, act however…