Four Hundred U.S. High School Students Are Recognized for Technological Achievements


Award for AiC LogoNCWIT proudly announces the 2022 NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing (AiC) national recipients, honoring four hundred high school students from 43 states and all U.S. overseas military bases.

Each year, U.S. high school students in grades 9 through 12 who are women, genderqueer, or non-binary are eligible to receive recognition for their aptitude and aspirations in technology and computing, as demonstrated by their computing experience, computing-related activities, leadership experience, tenacity in the face of barriers to access, and plans for post-secondary education. This year, 40 winners and 360 honorable mentions were selected from more than 3,500 amazing, talented young applicants.

View a complete list of the 2022 national winners here. View a complete list of the 2022 national honorable mentions here.

Thanks to the generous support of NCWIT Award for AiC National Sponsor Bank of America, each of the 40 national award winners receives various prizes, cash, and will be celebrated at the National Award Ceremony hosted by Bank of America in March 2022.

The entire NCWIT AiC program platform is supported generously by Apple. AiC also receives support for specific national program elements. The NCWIT Award for AiC is sponsored by Apple, Bank of America, Microsoft, and Motorola Solutions Foundation.

 

2022 National Winners

• Sheyla Aviles: Rosamond, CA, SOAR High School
• Ryan Berger: Kamuela, HI, Hawai‘i Preparatory Academy
• Mehar Bhasin: Lakeville, CT, The Hotchkiss School
• Noor Boukari: Dover, DE, Caesar Rodney High School
• Allison Delgado: Portland, OR, Sunset High School
• Roma Desai: Greensboro, NC, The Early College at Guilford
• Yabesra Ewnetu: Falls Church, VA, Justice High School
• Julianna Gallup: Sevierville, TN, Gatlinburg-Pittman High School
• Arietta Goshtasby: Newport Beach, CA, Sage Hill School
• Victoria Hagenlocker: Miami, FL, Gulliver Preparatory School
• Holland Henderson-Boyer: Lexington Park, MD, Great Mills High School
• Athena Hernandez: La Jolla, CA, The Bishop's School
• Diana Hernandez: Beverly, WA, Royal High School
• Chigozirim Ifebi: Elmont, NY, Elmont Memorial High School
• Samyukta Iyer: Marietta, GA, Wheeler High School
• Jibiana Jakpor: Riverside, CA, Mockingbird Preparatory High School
• Bintia Keita: New York, NY, Midwood High School
• Margaret MacKechnie: Middletown, RI, Middletown High School
• Hajirah Nadeem: Ypsilanti, MI, Central Academy
• Elizabeth Nyamwange: Byron, IL, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
• Ogechi Okafor: Poughkeepsie, NY, Arlington High School
• Lauren Owens: Las Cruces, NM, Centennial High School
• Danielle Park: Paramus, NJ, Paramus High School
• Katherine Pearce: Bentonville, AR, Bentonville High School
• Mritika Senthil: Tega Cay, SC, South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics
• Pracheeti Shikarkhane: Cary, NC, Green Hope High School
• Birate Sonia: Richmond, TX, Westside High School
• Shreya Sripada: San Ramon, CA, Dougherty Valley High School
• Lillian Sun: Falls Church, VA, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
• Wency Suo: Boise, ID, Boise High School
• Fikir Teklemedhin: Salt Lake City, UT, West High School
• Maya Vendhan: Highlands Ranch, CO, Colorado Academy
• Bhanaviya Venkat: Dallas, TX, School for the Talented and Gifted
• Annika Viswesh: Palo Alto, CA, Palo Alto High School
• Ella Wang: Chandler, AZ, BASIS Chandler
• Stephanie Wang: Katy, TX, Seven Lakes High School
• Amehja Williams: Philadelphia, PA, Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School
• Vanessa Xiao: Carmel, IN, Park Tudor School
• Zoe Zerwig Ford: Memphis, TN, Hutchison School
• Sophia Zhou: Harvard, MA, Massachusetts Academy of Math & Science at WPI

 

2022 Honorable Mentions

Audrey Acken
Mountain View, CA
Maya Dummett
Morristown, NJ
Jennifer Kim
Torrance, CA
Thanhbinh Nguyen
Oakland, CA
Aditi Srinivasan
Sammamish, WA
Brianna Adewinmbi
Torrance, CA
Sarah Eckert
Davenport, IA
Leslie Kim
Ames, IA
Grace Nhan
Saint Paul, MN
Anya Stewart
Orlando, FL
Mahima Agrawal
Palo Alto, CA
Diana Elguera Tapia
Vauxhall, NJ
Minjeong Kim
Cupertino, CA
Nirupama Niranjan
Redmond, WA
Cindy Su
Exeter, NH
Lorena Aguilar
San Antonio, TX
Paige Erickson
Cleveland , OH
Nidhi Krishna Kumar
Olympia, WA
Kate North
Torrance, CA
Stella Su
Palo Alto, CA
Faith Aiken
Columbia, SC
Sreya Etherajan
Aldie, VA
Anika Krishnan
Bellevue, WA
Emily Ocasio
Falls Church, VA
Shriya Sudhakar
Princeton Junction, NJ
Natalie Ajemian
Marietta, GA
Malia Fairbanks
Sadorus, IL
Sadhana Kumar
Austin, TX
Iris Ochoa
Dacula, GA
Anika Suman
Greensboro, NC
Sonia Akkiangadi
Greensboro, NC
Anjola Fajemisin
Los Angeles, CA
Sanjana Kumar
San Diego, CA
Sabrina Olivares
Pembroke Pines, FL
Veena Sumedh
Los Altos, CA
Roksana Alizadeh
Irvine, CA
Katherine Fang
Marlboro, NJ
Ria Kundu
Tustin, CA
Kayle Orantes
North Salt Lake, UT
Risha Surana
Chatham, NJ
Isabella Alpert
Diamond Bar, CA
Mathilde Fayette
Lake Oswego, OR
Tia Kungwani
Cumming, GA
Pearl Oyewole
Sugar Land, TX
Harita Suresh
Jersey City, NJ
Jena Alsup
Sunnyvale, CA
Alice Feng
San Jose, CA
Keerthana Kurapati
Redmond, WA
Victoria Paesano
Coral Gables, FL
Priyanka Suresh
Edison, NJ
Anousha Athreya
San Jose, CA
Rachel Fernandez
Garden Grove, CA
Natalia Kusmirek
Farmington, CT
Natalia Pahlavan
Glen Head, NY
Shreya Suresh
Portland, OR
Ariella Avigad
Wexford, PA
Rachel Fields
Berlin, Germany
Joyce Lai
Helotes, TX
Sanvi Pal
San Diego, CA
Alyssa Tang
Irvine, CA
Jasmin Azan
Laurel, MD
Adrienne Flowers
Gulf Breeze, FL
Annica Lam
Livingston, NJ
Tamia Parker
Homestead, FL
Afifa Tanisa
Brooklyn, NY
Mariabelle Azemar
Lawrenceville, GA
Faith Fuller
Westbury, NY
Victoria Lam
Falls Church, VA
Anisha Parsan
Sugar Land, TX
Lynn Tao
Fairfax, VA
Caroline Baillie
New York City, NY
Tanvi Ganapathy
Bellevue, WA
Ella Lan
Santa Clara, CA
Nidhi Parthasarathy
San Jose, CA
Mia Tavares
Burlingame, CA
Manasa Bala
Troy, NY
Juliette Garcia
Miami, FL
Lucia Langaney
Bell, CA
Sarika Pasumarthy
San Diego, CA
Eleanor Taylor
Nashville, TN
Madhushalini Balaji
Madison, AL
Ria Garg
Frisco, TX
Paridhi Latawa
Austin, TX
Mansi Patel
Sugar Land, TX
Puja Teakulapalli
Aurora, IL
Alexandria Balde
Bloomfield Hills, MI
Srija Ghosh
Lexington, MA
Charlotte Law
Danville, CA
Neha Patil
Orlando, FL
Anisha Tehim
Ridgewood, NJ
Anusha Bansal
Livingston, NJ
Ye-Un Go
Austin, TX
Kyla Lee
Honolulu, HI
Nicole Pi
San Diego, CA
Aditri Thakur
Pittsburgh, PA
Maggie Bao
Portland, OR
Shradha Godishala
Middleton, WI
Marina Lee
Pleasanton, CA
Laura Plata
Charlotte, NC
Kanika Thakur
San Jose, CA
Rupali Batta
San Jose, CA
Ashiria Goel
San Diego, CA
Melody Lee
Cary, NC
Maya Poghosyan
Dublin, CA
Rithika Thambireddy
Plainsboro, NJ
Ria Bawiskar
Lisle, IL
Tarushii Goel
McLean, VA
Rachel Lee
San Diego, CA
Sahasra Pokkunuri
Old Bridge, NJ
Abigail Thomas
Nashua, NH
Riddhi Bhagwat
Buffalo Grove, IL
Ananya Gollakota
Downingtown, PA
Yubin Lee
Alhambra , CA
Samhita Pokkunuri
Old Bridge, NJ
Grace Tsai
Moorestown, NJ
Anchal Bhardwaj
San Jose, CA
Ming Gong
Fullerton, CA
Stephanie Lei
Chesterfield, MO
Sanjitha Prabakaran
Ashburn, VA
Angelina Tsuboi
Manhattan Beach, CA
Krisangi Bhargava
Wynnewood, PA
Angela Gorton
Milwaukee, WI
Amanda Li
Foster City, CA
Kashvi Pundir
Bothell, WA
Catherine Tu
Austin, TX
Riya Bhatia
Fremont, CA
Dhyuti Gowda
San Jose, CA
Haoran Li
Troy, MI
Jessamine Qu
Austin, TX
Aishwaryaa Udeshi
Sugar Land, TX
Sophie Bingen
Maple Grove, MN
Anya Goyal
Cupertino, CA
Lisa Li
Spring, TX
Afsana Rahman
Jackson Heights, NY
Yaretzi Ulloa
Chicago, IL
Ashita Birla
Jersey City, NJ
Radhika Goyal
San Jose, CA
Sarah Lim
Chicago, IL
Ramya Rajan
Mason, OH
Kosha Upadhyay
Bellevue, WA
Erin Blasingame
Arlington, TX
Mahathi Gumudavelli
Johns Creek, GA
Maggie Lin
Houston, TX
Tanisha Rajgor
Hopkinton, MA
Narmana Vale
Exeter, NH
Sai Rishitha Boddu
Naperville, IL
Shanmathi Gunasekaran
Alpharetta, GA
Sophia Lin
Kent, WA
Navya Ramakrishnan
Allen, TX
Valentina Valles
El Paso, TX
Lucy Bonhaus
Tuscaloosa, AL
Tanisha Gupta
San Francisco, CA
Grace Liu
Dublin, CA
Norah Rami
Sugar Land, TX
Anjali Vanamala
West Lafayette, IN
Elizabeth Boruff
Newtown Square, PA
Aliza Hameed
Irvine, CA
Jennifer Liu
Ballwin, MO
Sheyla Ramirez
Henderson, NV
Grace Vanden Heuvel
Hortonville, WI
Kyaira Boughton
Lees Summit, MO
Sally Han
Fremont, CA
Miranda Liu
South Pasadena, CA
Aileen Rangel
West New York, NJ
Elizabeth Varghese
Mountain House, CA
Maleah Brady
Vestavia, AL
Jade Hanson-Thomas
Crowley, TX
Sherry Liu
Charlotte, NC
Sreeyutha Ratala
Edina, MN
Esha Venkatanarayan
Edison, NJ
Aparupa Brahma
Fishers, IN
Vanesha Hari
Redmond, WA
Amina Luvsanchultem
Arlington, VA
Sejal Rathi
San Jose, CA
Kavya Venkatesan
Laurence Harbor, NJ
Anna Brusoe
Morgantown, WV
Diya Hasteer
Los Altos, CA
Emma Maertz
Fox Point, WI
Lakxshanna Raveendran
Dix Hills, NY
Varshini Vijay
Dublin, CA
Quinn Burns
Broomfield, CO
Annika Heieie
Brooten, MN
Isha Mahadeshwar
Cary, NC
Lauren Ravury
Glenview, IL
Deeya Viradia
San Jose, CA
Sienna Cai
Portland, OR
Mia Hellman
Sullivan's Island, SC
Isabel Maida
Wallingford, CT
Pranavi Reddi
Frisco, TX
Sahra Wahedi
Flushing, NY
Angelina Cao
Portland, OR
Delaney Hetzer
Russell, KY
Sahar Maleki
Cleveland Heights, OH
Niti Reddy
Fremont, CA
Colette Walravens
Belvedere Tiburon, CA
Lily Carras
Woodstock, GA
Mackenzie Hill
Hazel Green, AL
Mahati Manda
San Jose, CA
Lucy Richardson
Baton Rouge, LA
Amber Wang
Chino, CA
Jimena Casas
El Paso, TX
Alyssa Ho
Pasadena, CA
Pratyusha Mandal
North Potomac, MD
Vittoria Riedling
Prospect, KY
Audrey Wang
Carmel, IN
Ananya Chag
Mt. Pleasant, SC
Carmella Holloway
Bridgeton, NJ
Isabella Mandis
New York, NY
Erika Rispoli
Pittsburgh, PA
Emily Wang
Frederick, MD
Amy Chang
Sugar Land, TX
Ashley Hu
Los Altos Hills, CA
Steffi Mathew
Campbell, CA
Kaylani Rivera
Chicago, IL
Michelle Wang
Carbondale, IL
Samantha Chang
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
Dani Hu
Lexington, SC
Nidhi Mathihalli
Saratoga, CA
Ruth Rodriguez
Mesquite, TX
Audrey Wei
Newton, MA
Stephanie Chang
Riverside, CT
Melody Hu
Dallas, TX
Angela Matta
Dearborn, MI
Anna Rosner
Keswick, VA
Tracy Wei
Sugar Land, TX
Shreya Chaudhary
San Antonio, TX
Katherine Hua
Irvine, CA
Brigid McCarron
Melrose, MA
Alison Russell
Boise, ID
Maia Weingard
Scottsdale, AZ
Rhea Chelar
Rockville, MD
Megan Huesers
Winslow, ME
Kelsey McClung
Norwalk, CT
Iren Saffarian
Salt Lake City, UT
Shayna Weinstein
Vernon Hills, IL
Angela Chen
Gainesville, FL
Diya Hundiwala
Warrington, PA
Savannah McIntyre
Casper, WY
Richael Saka
Columbus, OH
Mary White
Los Angeles, CA
Tishya Chhabra
Phoenix, AZ
Safaa Hussain
Santa Clara, CA
Melanie McNair
Las Vegas, NV
Samirah Salifu
Bowling Green, KY
Calista Wilk
Scottsdale, AZ
Roselyn Chin
Monterey Park, CA
Helena Ilic
Naperville, IL
Pankti Mehta
North Royalton, OH
Anjali Samavedam
Rockville, MD
Charlotte Willer-Burchardi
New York, NY
Adhithi Chinta
Chesterfield, MO
Aashika Jagadeesh
Fair Lawn, NJ
Saanvi Mehta
Linwood, NJ
Katherine Sanders
Billings, MT
Taylor Wilmot
Pleasant Prairie, WI
Anusree Chittineni
North Andover, MA
Aarushi Jain
Cupertino, CA
Janet Meng
Palo Alto, CA
Sophia Sandoval
Eastvale, CA
Hana Winchester
Cincinnati, OH
Anne Christiono
Sugar Land, TX
Eesha Jain
Bellevue, WA
Christine Michael
Danbury, CT
Ellee Segal
Gwynedd Valley, PA
Katherine Xu
Dublin, OH
Beatrice Chung
Rockville, MD
Ria Jain
Dublin, CA
Shreya Mogulothu
Princeton, NJ
Priyanka Senapati
Greenwood Village, CO
Sonnet Xu
Troy, MI
Audrey Chyung
San Diego, CA
Janine James
Bowie, MD
Sophia Montenegro
Canutillo, TX
Shakti Senthil
Bellevue, WA
Chloe Yan
Burlingame, CA
Berline Civil
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Maya Jani
Fredericksburg , VA
Kavya Mukkamala
Plainsboro, NJ
Aesha Shah
Duluth, GA
Angela Yang
Los Angeles, CA
Sydney Clark
Arnold, MO
Srinidhi Jayaprakash
Waxhaw, NC
Alveera Munshi
Kendall Park, NJ
Alyssa Shah
New York, NY
Grace Yang
San Ramon, CA
Leah Colaco
Westborough, MA
Rhea Jethvani
La Palma, CA
Mackenzie Murphy
New York, NY
Alex Shanafield
Oak Ridge, TN
Joyce Yang
Milpitas, CA
Portia Cooper
Tucson, AZ
Nikita Jha
Duluth, GA
Anaya Murray
Memphis, TN
Nidhya Shivakumar
Cupertino, CA
Eileen Ye
New York, NY
Grace Dai
Chicago, IL
Risha Jhangiani
Bellevue, WA
Madison Murray
North Las Vegas, NV
Jasmine Shone
Chagrin Falls, OH
Melody Yeh
Albuquerque, NM
Samantha Damonti
New York, NY
Michelle Jiang
Chadds Ford, PA
Marie Muya
Hoover, AL
Prisha Shroff
Chandler, AZ
Shannon Yeow
Chula Vista, CA
Rahi Dasgupta
Olathe, KS
Diya Jim
Chandler, AZ
Nidhi Mylavarapu
Princeton, NJ
Rajvi Khanjan Shroff
Santa Clara, CA
Melody Yu
Irvine, CA
Alysia Davis
Durham, NC
Maya Johnson
Charleston, SC
Angelina Myles
Buffalo, NY
Samanvita Singhania
Bellevue, WA
Tanya Yu
Murray, UT
Preetal Deshpande
Cupertino, CA
Jane Kamata
San Antonio, TX
Akshaya Naapa Ramesh
Littleton, MA
Sindhu Sivasankar
Newark, DE
Karen Yuan
San Diego, CA
Nysa Dharan
Alpharetta, GA
Sowon Kang
Austin, TX
Sanjana Nagwekar
Fremont, CA
Adele Snyder
Edina, MN
Audrey Zhang
Los Altos, CA
Mishty Dhekial
Chino Hills, CA
Su Kara
Mission Viejo, CA
Jade Nair
Andover, MA
Smriti Somasundaram
Olympia, WA
Cynthia Zhang
Palo Alto, CA
Diya Dinesh
Aldie, VA
Tamara Kasikovic
Matawan, NJ
Sirihaasa Nallamothu
Normal, IL
Joy Song
Rockville, MD
Jessica (Shiyuan) Zhang
Troy, NY
Ashley Ding
Orlando, FL
Sara Kaufman
Hollywood, FL
Shivani Nanda
Burtonsville, MD
Anjali Soni
Lakeland, FL
Kelly Zhang
Durham, NH
Julia Ding
Austin, TX
Gayathri Kavitha
Sterling, VA
Nikita Nangia
Parkland, FL
Alison Soong
San Francisco, CA
Yufei Zhang
San Diego, CA
Jenny Duan
Portland, OR
Falon Kelley
Atlanta, GA
Shrimayee Narasimhan
Redmond, WA
Sofia Sorokina
Portland, OR
Yueer Zhao
Katy, TX
Sarah Dufays
Cooper City, FL
Archita Khaire
Charlotte, NC
Sneha Narayan
Fremont, CA
Shreya Sreekantham
Chandler, AZ
Sabrina Zhu
Saratoga, CA
Samhitha Duggirala
San Diego, CA
Janise Kim
Pittsburgh, PA
Nandita Narayanan
Laurel, MD
Anjali Sreenivas
Sammamish, WA
Sally Zhu
Saratoga, CA

 

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