Connecticut Affiliate
On April 15, 2024, 108 high school students and 4 educators were recognized and honored at the Connecticut Aspirations in Computing Award Celebration held at Travelers Connecticut Headquarters in Hartford. The program included congratulatory messages from Connecticut's Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz, the NCWIT professional staff, Society for Information Management President Rafi Khan, and Million Women Mentors Connecticut Leader Colleen Bielitz. Tracey Cournoyer, Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Travelers Bond and Specialty Insurance and Heather Cavallaro, Vice President of Software Engineering at Travelers were the Keynote Speakers and their messages inspired both the students and their parents. Congratulations to all of the 2024 NCWIT Aspirations in Computing Award recipients! We are extremely proud of the 108 Connecticut high school students and 4 educators who were recognized. We can't wait to see what you can accomplish!
2024 Event Resources
Program
Slides
Aspirations in Computing – 2024 Award Recipients
2024 National Winner
Ana-Lois Davis Academy of Aerospace and Engineering
2024 National Honorable Mention Recipients
Arianna Anderson Pathways Academy of Technology and Design
Pahal Bhasin The Hotchkiss School
Olivia Ceres-Barber Farmington High School
Emily Cho-Sayegh The Hotchkiss School
Skyler DiMeola The Hotchkiss School
Namyanzi Edwards Academy of Aerospace and Engineering
Doorva Garg Farmington High School
Charli Hughes Woodland Regional High School
Diya Girish Kumar Brookfield High School
Ruhee Lalla Conard High School
Beatrice Low Greenwich Academy
Ashley Malkin Greenwich High School
Teniola Obayomi Choate Rosemary Hall
Victoria Pegkou Christofi Farmington High School
Ann Song Choate Rosemary Hall
Angela Weese RHAM High School
2024 Connecticut Winners
Mari Arnold Engineering and Science University Magnet School
Rachel Bailly Newington High School
Sreenidi Bala Farmington High School
Aishwarya Balaji Avon High School
Sneha Balur Farmington High School
Lyah Batista Brookfield High School
Mackenzie Campbell Farmington High School
Suma Ganta Farmington High School
Nihitha Guduru Pathways Academy of Technology and Design
Abigail Gugsa The Hotchkiss School
Aarini Guha Farmington High School
Arsheya Jaishiva Stamford High School
Caitlin Keogh Academy Of Our Lady Of Mercy - Lauralton Hall
Mahima Kodakirthi Farmington High School
Sharvi Kulkarni Trumbull High School
Himani Kumar Farmington High School
Judy Kwon The Loomis Chaffee School
Jiayi Liu Farmington High School
Sachi Mehta Darien High School
Emmy McLaughlin Vinal Technical High School
Caroline McClung The Center for Global Studies
Amy Naylor Shelton High School
Sahana Paruchuri Farmington High School
Manyata Pathania Pathways Academy of Technology and Design
Jayda Preston CREC Academy of Computer Science and Engineering
Margaret Rebeiro Pathways Academy of Technology and Design
Anushree Sabade South Windsor High School
Isha Shenoy Farmington High School
Harini Sridhar Conard High School
Suchita Srinivasan Cheshire High School
Ilakkiya Tamilarasu Glastonbury High School
Lindsay Taylor Sacred Heart Greenwich
Heather Tusch Lewis S. Mills High School
Ritisha Unde Farmington High School
Ria Verma Farmington High School
Iris Yan Amity Regional High School
2024 Connecticut Honorable Mention Recipients
Nathaly Avellaneda Shelton High School
Bianca Benedetti The Academy of Information Technology and Engineering
Ali Carter Vinal Technical High School
Angelise Ceasar Hamden High School
Neha Chandy Daniel Hand High School
Laila Coleman Connecticut River Academy
Shaina Das Amity Regional High School
Kathia Diaz Enfield High School
Leidy Diaz De Leon Academy of Aerospace and Engineering
Emely Discua J. M. Wright Technical High School
Josephine Elliott Notre Dame Catholic High School
Zeeva Haviland Farmington High School
Ananya Krishnamurthy Farmington High School
Brooke Lincoln Connecticut International Baccalaureate Academy
Claire Lyons Farmington High School
Marina Medrano Henry Abbott Technical High School
Snigtha Mohanraj Engineering and Science University Magnet School
Maisie Moreland Sacred Heart Academy
Amber Murphy East Hampton High School
Nikita Nayunipati Farmington High School
Ketki Patange Farmington High School
Zoe Plunkett Choate Rosemary Hall
Akshaya Radhakrishnan Hall High School
Shayan Raghoo New Britain High School
Eva Rios Farmington High School
Zarin Rizvi The Loomis Chaffee School
Sia Sharma Farmington High School
Zaria Shaw-Stanberry A. I. Prince Technical High School
Alyssa Slade Connecticut River Academy
Morgan Styranovski Brookfield High School
Hannah Talbott Danbury High School
Xane Tamiso Connecticut River Academy
Anora Voss The Center for Global Studies
Jesse Wakefield Connecticut River Academy
Brianna Wood St. Paul Catholic High School
Sophia Zheng Conard High School
2024 Connecticut Rising Star Recipients
Shruthi Anandraman Academy of Aerospace and Engineering
Asher Blake Homeschool
Julia Costa Norwalk High School
Anya Djatiev Academy of Aerospace and Engineering
Alysson Galvez Tapia CREC Academy of Computer Science and Engineering
Shayna Gangisetty Farmington High School
Alexsandra Gould Academy of Aerospace and Engineering
Phoebe Howard Plainfield High School
Vivian Lash Plainfield High School
Kerri Loughlin Saint Bernard School
Charlotte Lowe CREC Academy of Computer Science and Engineering
Abigail Manifold CREC Academy of Computer Science and Engineering
Alexis Neunteufel Information Technology and Software Engineering High School - Fairchild Wheeler
Aaliyah Mendez-Garcia Biotechnology Research and Zoological Sciences High School - Fairchild Wheeler
Sriya Pabbisetty Farmington High School
Reagan Scheck Woodstock Academy
Moulika Sivalenka Jonathan Law High School
Aditi Thakar Brookfield High School
Aspirations in Computing – 2023 Award Recipients
On May 22, 2023, 120 high school students and 4 educators were recognized and honored at the Connecticut Aspirations in Computing Award Celebration held at Travelers Claim University. Tracey Cournoyer, Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Travelers Bond and Specialty Insurance was the Keynote Speaker and her message inspired both the students and their parents. Congratulations to all of the 2023 NCWIT Aspirations in Computing Award recipients! We are extremely proud of the 120 Connecticut high school students and 4 educators who were recognized.
2023 Award Event Program can be seen here.
Photographs of the AiC Celebration can be seen here.
Award Event recording is here.
National Winner
Stephanie | Chang | Greenwich High School |
Yasmeen | Galal | Woodland Regional High School |
National Honorable Mention Recipients
Mari | Arnold | Engineering and Science university Magnet School |
Sayada | Arouna | Farmington High School |
Pahal | Bhasin | The Hotchkiss School |
Dilia | Carrillo-Muralles | J. M. Wright Technical High School |
Sophia | Cho | Farmington High School |
Alma | Dudas | Conard High School |
Doorva | Garg | Farmington High School |
Avni | Gupta | Wilton High School |
Caitlin | Keogh | Academy Of Our Lady Of Mercy - Lauralton Hall |
Stephanie | Rivera | J. M. Wright Technical High School |
Andreea | Rusu | Masuk High School |
Jingjin | Shi | Farmington High School |
Priya | Sinha | Hall High School |
Isabella | Wu | Choate Rosemary Hall |
Connecticut Affiliate Winners
Rainah | Allen | Platt Technical High School |
Arianna | Anderson | Pathways Academy of Technology and Design |
Sophia | Ave'Lallemant | Farmington High School |
Sreenidi | Bala | Farmington High School |
Emily | Bernard | Mercy High School |
Angela | Bojarski | Parish Hill High School |
Olivia | Ceres-Barber | Farmington High School |
Ying-Chu | Chen | Greenwich Academy |
Emily | Cho-Sayegh | The Hotchkiss School |
Ana-Lois | Davis | Academy of Aerospace and Engineering |
Aurelie | Elias | Platt Technical High School |
Josephine | Elliott | Notre Dame Catholic High School |
Sonya | Feder | Newtown High School |
Lauren | Fressola | Hall High School |
Anna Carolina | Galvani | Nonnewaug High School |
Diya | Girish Kumar | Brookfield High School |
Nihitha | Guduru | Pathways Academy of Technology and Design |
Zeeva | Haviland | Farmington High School |
Shelsey | Jimenez | Connecticut River Academy |
Sophia | Johnson | South Windsor High School |
Hansika | Lenkala | East Granby High School |
Natalie | Lessard | Glastonbury High School |
Beatrice | Low | Greenwich Academy |
Samantha | Magro | Mercy High School |
Isabel Amalia | Maida | Choate Rosemary Hall |
Ashley | Malkin | Greenwich High School |
Sachi | Mehta | Darien High School |
Isabel | O'Brien | Trumbull High School |
Muktha | Ramesh | Rocky Hill High School |
Madison | Seal | Middletown High School |
Diana | Senkivskyy | The Academy of Information Technology and Engineering |
Rachel | Simmons | Hall High School |
Ann | Song | Choate Rosemary Hall |
Harini | Sridhar | Conard High School |
Suchita | Srinivasan | Cheshire High School |
Sagarika | Srinivasan | Cheshire High School |
Kristen | Thebeau | Haddam-Killingworth High School |
Jessica | Trickett | Platt Technical High School |
Arlo | Tucker | Conard High School |
Serena | van der Hulst | Conard High School |
Annie | Yun | Amity Regional High School |
Connecticut Affiliate Honorable Mention Recipients
Avery | Atkinson | Newington High School |
Amelie | August | Connecticut River Academy |
Sneha | Balur | Farmington High School |
Bianca | Benedetti | The Academy of Information Technology and Engineering |
Sydney | Bigelow | Farmington High School |
Shesh | Budhabhatti | Farmington High School |
Mackenzie | Campbell | Farmington High School |
Maria | Carseli | Williams School |
Adela | Cecunjanin | Cromwell High School |
Genevieve | Corricelli | East Granby High School |
Tofunmi | Daini | Information Technology and Software Engineering High School - Fairchild Wheeler |
Gabriella | Foster | Hall High School |
Ananya | Jayaram | Farmington High School |
Nashali | Johnson | Pathways Academy of Technology and Design |
Rhea | Kallely | Farmington High School |
Raisa | Khaled | South Windsor High School |
Zamira | Khodjaeva | CREC Academy of Science and Innovation |
Brooke | Kinsey | Newtown High School |
Ananya | Krishnamurthy | Farmington High School |
Himani | Kumar | Farmington High School |
Liang Hsin | Lin | The Hotchkiss School |
Brooke | Lincoln | Connecticut Ib Academy |
Deja-Svya | Loblack | A. I. Prince Technical High School |
Bridget | Lowder | Amity Regional High School |
Megan | Luby | Rham High School |
Marissa | Manzo | Shelton High School |
Marina | Medrano | Henry Abbott Technical High School |
Charlotte | Morin | Waterford High School |
Mehana | Nagarur | South Windsor High School |
Karen | Pan | Farmington High School |
Florentina | Pannacchione | Glastonbury High School |
Daris | Pon Mohan Kumar | Ellington High School |
Kira | Pyvovar | The Academy of Information Technology and Engineering |
Hibah | Qaisar | Engineering Science University Magnet School |
Akshaya | Radhakrishnan | Hall High School |
Anamitra | Rawat | South Windsor High School |
Alison | Rodriguez | Farmington High School |
Halaylah | Schectman | Pathways Academy of Technology and Design |
Mya | Sergeant | Wilby High School |
Sia | Sharma | Farmington High School |
Ananya | Soleti | Academy Of Our Lady Of Mercy Lauralton Hall |
Quinn | Spurgeon | Connecticut River Academy |
Rithwika | Veeturi | Darien High School |
Ria | Verma | Farmington High School |
Zoe | Weissman | Conard High School |
Brianna | Wood | St. Paul Catholic High School |
Catherine | Zehr | Conard High School |
Sophia | Zheng | Conard High School |
Yixi | Zou | The Hotchkiss School |
Connecticut Rising Star Recipients
Aishwarya | Balaji | Avon High School |
Angelise | Ceasar | Hamden High School |
Kayla | Harrow | Connecticut River Academy |
Kate | Lafferty | Conard High School |
Katie | Lye | Newtown High School |
Sofia | Morgillo | Sacred Heart Academy |
Paige | Owens | Woodstock Academy |
Katie | Quill | Sacred Heart Greenwich |
Nandhana | Senthilkumar | South Windsor High School |
Ria | Shah | South Windsor High School |
Grace | Smith | South Windsor High School |
Fatima | Tamanna | South Windsor High School |
Lillian | Von Kohorn | Trumbull High School |
Jesse | Wakefield | Connecticut River Academy |
Aspirations in Computing Educator Awards
Connecticut Affiliate Winner
Laura | Juarez | CT STEM Academy |
Chinma | Uche | Academy of Aerospace and Engineering |
Connecticut Affiliate Honorable Mention Recipients
Tammy | Andrew | The Hotchkiss School |
Gabrielle | Brzozowski | Rocky Hill High School |
For more information, please contact any of the Connecticut Affiliate teammates:
Kathy Hendrickson [email protected]
Darwin Kovacs [email protected]
Winnie Yu [email protected]
Aspirations in Computing – 2022 Award Recipients
Congratulations to all of the 2022 NCWIT Aspirations in Computing Award recipients! We are extremely proud of the 99 Connecticut high school students and 4 educators recognized at a virtual Celebration on April 6, 2022.
Celebration Program April 2022
April 6, 2022 Virtual Celebration Recording
National Winner
| Mehar Bhasin | | The Hotchkiss School |
National Honorable Mention Recipients
| Stephanie Chang | | Greenwich High School |
| Natalia Kusmirek | | Farmington High School |
| Isabel Maida | | Choate Rosemary Hal |
| Kelsey McClung | | The Center for Global Studies |
Connecticut Affiliate Winners
Eiet Anaam | CREC Academy of Science and Innovation | |
Sivani Arvapalli | South Windsor High School | |
Sreenidi Bala | Farmington High School | |
Mantra Burugu | Farmington High School | |
Victoria Caruso | Darien High School | |
Sophia Cho | Farmington High School | |
Ria Dalvi | Shelton High School | |
Anne Drago | Stonington High School | |
Annie Forker | Stamford High School | |
Jeslyn Guo | Greenwich Academy | |
Avni Gupta | Wilton High School | |
Sanjana Harihara | Farmington High School | |
Natalie Lessard | Glastonbury High School | |
Anna Lichtenberg | The Academy of Information Technology and Engineering | |
Sachi Mehta | Darien High School | |
Charlotte Morin | Waterford High School | |
Enida Muka | Watertown High School | |
Nicole Ocampo Montoya | The Hotchkiss School | |
Ananya Patil | Farmington High School | |
Alisha Paul | Southington High School | |
Sunishka Pokala | Farmington High School | |
Hrithika Ravishankar | Farmington High School | |
Anamitra Rawat | South Windsor High School | |
Corin Riahi | Brien McMahon High School | |
Stephanie Rivera | J. M. Wright Technical High School | |
Laurie Salustri | Masuk High School | |
Taylor Santana | Conard High School | |
Anusha Singh | Newington High School | |
Sagarika Srinivasan | Cheshire High School | |
Samantha Stone | Stone Academy Homeschool | |
Arlo Tucker | Conard High School | |
Serena van der Hulst | Conard High School | |
Ria Verma | Farmington High School | |
Vanessa Weir | CREC Academy of Aerospace and Engineering | |
Zoe Weissman | Conard High School | |
Annika Yun | Amity Regional High School |
Connecticut Affiliate Honorable Mention Recipients
Arianna Anderson | Pathways Academy of Technology and Design | |
Sayada Arouna | Farmington High School | |
Amelie August | Connecticut River Academy | |
Sophia Ave-Lallemant | Farmington High School | |
Christie Blonkvist | Westhill High School | |
Angela Bojarski | Parish Hill High School | |
Dilia Carrillo-Muralles | J. M. Wright Technical High School | |
Veronica Copeland | Hall High School | |
Marissa Crevecoeur | Westhill High School | |
Yanna Cruz-Taveras | Connecticut River Academy | |
Carol Ding | Farmington High School | |
Katelynn Emerson | Hall High School | |
Doorva Garg | Farmington High School | |
Ashley Jacob | Shelton High School | |
Shelsey Jimenez | Connecticut River Academy | |
Himani Kumar | Farmington High School | |
Skye-Lee Lyons | Connecticut River Academy | |
Aditi Malpure | South Windsor High School | |
Maya Petterson | Conard High School | |
Jazmin Recinos | E. C. Goodwin Technical High School | |
Caitlyn Riley | Fitch Senior High School | |
Jingjin Shi | Farmington High School | |
Eliana Simmons | Hall High School | |
Maya Tenne | Cheshire Academy | |
Kira Titova | New Canaan High School | |
Brooke Tomkiewicz | Farmington High School | |
Nicole Wijendra | Glastonbury High School | |
Yixi Zou | The Hotchkiss School |
Connecticut Rising Star Recipients
Zuly Diaz De Leon | CREC Academy of Aerospace and Engineering | |
Lauren Fressola | | Hall High School |
Caitlin Funk | CREC Academy of Aerospace and Engineering | |
Anna-Marie Gomez | Plainfield High School | |
Nihitha Guduru | Pathways Academy of Technology and Design | |
Arsheya Jaishiva | Stamford High School | |
Rhea Kallely | Farmington High School | |
Bethany Kim | Conard High School | |
Ananya Krishnamurthy | Farmington High School | |
Prasaes Landrau | Information Technology and Software Engineering High School - Fairchild Wheeler | |
Liang Hsin Lin | The Hotchkiss School | |
Brooke Lincoln | Connecticut International Baccalaureate Academy | |
Lamya McDonald | Pathways Academy of Technology and Design | |
Mehana Nagarur | South Windsor High School | |
Heather Newandee | Glastonbury High School | |
Erica Nguyen | CREC Academy of Aerospace and Engineering | |
Anh-Minh Phan | Newington High School | |
Amina Rasool | Connecticut River Academy | |
Halaylah Schectman | Pathways Academy of Technology and Design | |
Ria Shah | South Windsor High School | |
Matheson Spillane | Hall High School |
Connecticut Recipients of Certificates of Distinction
| Nicole Bienasz | | Conard High School |
| Lauren Enright | | Lyme-Old Lyme High School |
| Avery Flechtner | | Information Technology and Software Engineering High School - Fairchild Wheeler |
| Gwenith Hendrickson | | Woodstock Academy |
| Abigail Koval | | Connecticut International Baccalaureate Academy |
| Shreya Kulkarni | | CREC Academy of Aerospace and Engineering |
| Angela Ni | | Hall High School |
| Nomaries Ocasio | | Connecticut River Academy |
| Natalie Sherer | | Academy of Technology and Design |
Aspirations in Computing Educator Awards
National Winner
| Nicholas Bousquet | | Plainfield High School |
Connecticut Affiliate Winner
| Priya Rajagopal | | Connecticut River Academy |
Connecticut Affiliate Honorable Mention Recipients
| Karen Abbey | | Parish Hill High School | |
| Elizabeth Dillard | | CREC Academy of Science and Innovation | |
It is again with great disappointment that due to COVID-19, the in-person 2022 Aspirations in Computing Awards Celebration Reception recognizing these impressive students could not be held. The Connecticut Affiliate of the National Center for Women and Information Technology is taking this action out of an abundance of caution for you, your families and members of our communities.
The NCWIT Connecticut Affiliate Team
The Aspirations in Computing Connecticut Affiliate empowers young people in Connecticut who self-identify as women, genderqueer or non-binary to pursue their dreams of effecting change by harnessing the power of computing and technology. In doing so, we are helping grow a larger, more resilient, and more diverse pool of technical talent in Connecticut and across the nation. We advance the mission of the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT), to increase the meaningful participation of populations currently underrepresented in computing and technology through the Connecticut Aspirations in Computing (AiC) Program.
Through AiC, we implement three initiatives to inspire, encourage, and advance young people at pivotal stages of their educational and professional development:
AspireIT — sparks an early interest in computing by supporting K-12 computational-education programs
Aspirations in Computing Awards — recognizes and celebrates high school and collegiate students’ technical aspirations and abilities and the educators who support them, at both the national and local levels
Aspirations in Computing Community — creates a sense of belonging and endless networking and leadership development opportunities for girls, women, and other-gendered students
How you can help: Please consider if you or an organization you represent can help in any of the following ways:
Spreading the word about AiC to communities and schools throughout Connecticut, encouraging more applications, and broadcasting our successes.
Reviewing applications and selecting winners for the Connecticut AiC Awards.
Planning the 2023 AiC Award Ceremony
Providing in-kind donations (e.g. printing services) or SWAG for the Ceremony.
Hosting or facilitating K-12 educational programs (e.g., coding workshops; tours).
Offering job shadowing and internship experiences.
Becoming a financial sponsor.
For more information, please contact any of the Connecticut Affiliate teammates:
Kathy Hendrickson [email protected]
Darwin Kovacs [email protected]
Winnie Yu [email protected]
Aspirations in Computing – 2021 Award Recipients
Congratulations to all of the 2021 NCWIT Aspirations in Computing Award winners! We are extremely proud that the following 134 Connecticut high school women and 3 teachers were recognized at a virtual Celebration on April 14th 2021.
Celebration Program April 14th 2021
2021 High School Awardees Slides
Networking Event with Heather Chandler
2021 Award Recipients
National Winner
Natalie Shell Greenwich Academy
National Honorable Mention Recipients
Vasundhara Bagchi Wilton High School
Mehar Bhasin The Hotchkiss School
Claudia Clarke Miss Porter’s School
Isabel Kessler Mercy High School
Evdokia Kottou Farmington High School
Chloe Muese The Taft School
Tanya Parra-Sanchez Windham Technical High School
Adena Russell Academy of IT/Engineering
Samantha Stone Stone Academy
Felicia Wang The Taft School
Connecticut Affiliate Winners
Savi Agarwal Farmington High School
Sivani Arvapalli South Windsor High School
Candelaria Barragan J.M Wright Technical High School
Makiydah Berry Pathways Academy of Tech & Design
Gabrielle Brocki Farmington High School
Mantra Burugu Farmington High School
Sheza Chaudhry East Granby High School
Victoria Chen The Hotchkiss School
Sophia Cho Farmington High School
Meghai Choudhury Fairfield Warde High School
Taylor Clark Lewis S. Mills High School
Amelia Colombo Middletown High School
Ria Dalvi Shelton High School
Alexis Fazzino Norwalk High School
Rebeccah Fleischmann Conard High School
Gabriella Foster Hall High School
Cheyenne Fuoco Middletown High School
Sophie Griffin Killingly High School
Abigail Gugsa The Hotchkiss School
Alexandra Hudson Conard High School
Olivia Kaminske RHAM High School
Sai Kulkarni Biotech Research & Zoological Sciences
Sriya Lanka Farmington High School
Charlotte Morin Waterford High School
Tejal Nair Conard High School
Alexis Ogrinz Joel Barlow High School
Meghana Paruchuri Farmington High School
Easha Patel Ellington High School
Ananya Patil Farmington High School
Kristine Roy Sacred Heart Academy
Vinathi Sampson Masuk High School
Lauren Simonian Farmington High School
Sagarika Srinivasan Cheshire High School
Haley Sroka Portland High School
Isabella Stone Wamogo Regional High School
Nicole Tofan RHAM High School
Arlo Tucker Conard High School
Ekaterina Vasilyeva Farmington High School
Madeleine Willett Ellington High School
Spencer Wrubleski Mercy High School
Yuxin Zhang The Loomis Chaffee School
Connecticut Affiliate Honorable Mention Recipients
Anoushka Ahuja Sacred Heart Academy
Jada Angueira Waterbury Career Academy
Elizabeth Berry Middletown High School
Emma Blanchet Rockville High School
Lucinda Burke Killingly High School
Avery Byrne Greenwich High School
Dilia Carrillo-Muralles J. M. Wright Technical High School
Ethel Chen Conard High School
Tanishka Dalavi South Windsor High School
Mollylynn Doherty RHAM High School
Humyra Ferdus Orville H. Platt High School
Sophia Giannuzzi Greenwich Academy
Amani Jones Great Path at Manchester CC.
Rufaida Khan Middletown School
Natalie Lessard Glastonbury High School
IMan Liu Cheshire Academy
Aditi Malpure South Windsor High School
Leslie Melendez Grasso Southeastern Tech
Gillian Melville New London High School
Shabrang Montazer Sacred Heart Academy
Allison Moynihan Conard High School
Meghan Nealon Staples High School
Siri Nellutla The Hotchkiss School
Cierra O’Grady Fitch Senior High School
Jamie Pan Ridgefield High School
Nisha Patange Farmington High School
Alisha Paul Southington High School
Julia Purcell Killingly High School
Ananya Radhakrishnan Hall High School
Hrithika Ravishankar Farmington High School
Sarah Roberts Killingly High School
Bobbi Rodriguez Waterbury Career Academy
Alexis Santo Newington High School
Hayden Saunders Lyme – Old Lyme High School
Aria Shepard Windsor High School
Shainoor Showrin Biotech Research Zoological Sciences
Sanjana Vakacherla Newtown High School
Dominique Williams Bridgeport Military Academy
Gabriella Zhalov Conard High School
Connecticut Rising Star Recipients
Layla Addy E. C. Goodwin Technical High School
Gabriela Archambault Pathways Academy of Tech & Design
Riley Arsenault Cromwell High School
Emily Aubrey Conard High School
Samantha Barrett Academy of Aerospace and Engineering
Catherine Beaulieu RHAM High School
Marlene Benitez Windham Technical High School
Angela Bojarski Parish Hill High School
Grace Boye-Williams Farmington High School
Leya Das CREC Academy of Science/Innovation
Carol Ding Farmington High School
Angela Dulnuan Conard High School
Bridget Fleming Farmington High School
Nicole Kyla Grabinski Middletown High School
Aila Gutierrez Killingly High School
Mea Haughton E. C. Goodwin Technical High School
Ashley Jacob Shelton High School
Jessica Jain Farmington High School
Rhea Kallely Farmington High School
Bethany Kim Conard High School
Molly Liles Staples High School
Camila Lopez J. M. Wright Technical High School
Abbie Mathew South Windsor High School
Mayee Mavillapalli South Windsor High School
Karen Pan Farmington High School
Andrea Penalba Eli Whitney Technical High School
Thaomy Phung Farmington High School
Stephanie Rivera J. M. Wright Technical High School
Amanda Sagers Conard High School
Ranyah Saleh CREC Academy of Science/Innovation
Emma Sasonov Conard High School
Elyssa Steele Rockville High School
Dhriti Swamy Farmington High School
Zoma Tessema Greens Farms Academy
Loc Tran Conard High School
Markaiya Williams Pathways Academy of Tech & Design
Elizabeth Zehr Conard High School
Aubrey Zimmerman Cromwell High School
Connecticut Recipients of Certificates of Distinction
Morgan Balesano RHAM High School
Amy Conyers Rockville High School
Trinity Leite Sacred Heart Academy
Emma Milrad Sacred Heart Academy
Lindy Quach Conard High School
Aspirations in Computing Educator Awards
Winner
Jamie Lang South Windsor High School
Honorable Mention
Karen Abbey Parish Hill High School
Eileen Lastrina RHAM High School
It is with great disappointment that due to protocols in Connecticut and across the nation in response to the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), the in-person Aspirations in Computing Awards Celebration Reception recognizing these impressive women could not be held in 2020 or 2021. The Connecticut Affiliate of the National Center for Women and Information Technology is taking this action out of an abundance of caution for you, your families and members of our communities. To prevent further spread of this virus, we urge all to practice social distancing until such time as health professionals indicate it is safe to congregate again.
The NCWIT Connecticut Affiliate Team
The Aspirations in Computing Connecticut Affiliate empowers young people in Connecticut who self-identify as women, genderqueer or non-binary to pursue their dreams of effecting change by harnessing the power of computing and technology. In doing so, we are helping grow a larger, more resilient, and more diverse pool of technical talent in the State. An affiliate of the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT), we advance the NCWIT mission of increasing the meaningful participation of populations currently underrepresented in computing and technology through the Connecticut Aspirations in Computing (AiC) Program.
Through AiC, we implement three initiatives to inspire, encourage, and advance young people at pivotal stages of their educational and professional development:
- AspireIT — sparks early interest in computing by supporting K-12 computational-education programs
- Aspirations in Computing Awards — recognize and celebrate high school and collegiate students’ technical aspirations and abilities and the educators who support them, at both the national and local levels
- Aspirations in Computing Community — creates a sense of belonging and endless networking and leadership development opportunities for girls, women, and other-gendered students
How you can help: Please consider if you or an organization you represent can help in any of the following ways:
- Spreading the word about AiC to communities and schools throughout Connecticut, encouraging more applications, and broadcasting our successes.
- Rating applications and selecting winners for the Connecticut AiC Awards.
- Planning the 2021 AiC Award Ceremony
- Providing in-kind donations (e.g. printing services) or SWAG for the Ceremony.
- Hosting or facilitating K-12 educational programs (e.g., coding workshop, tour).
- Offering job shadowing and internship experiences.
- Becoming a financial sponsor.
For more information, please contact any of the Connecticut Affiliate teammates:
Kathy Hendrickson [email protected]
Darwin Kovacs [email protected]
Winnie Yu [email protected]
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