NCWIT Selects 2025 AiC Collegiate Award Finalists

The NCWIT Aspirations in Computing Program (AiC) is pleased to announce the finalists of the 2025 NCWITAiC Collegiate Award, celebrating 68 undergraduate and graduate students from 52 academic institutions nationwide. The award recognizes technical contributions to projects that demonstrate a high level of innovation and potential impact.

The NCWITAiC Collegiate Award is sponsored by Bank of America.

Finalists

• Kenna Agbugba: Philander Smith University
• Nkechi Akinwale: University of Cincinnati
• Mariam Ali: De Anza College
• Navya Annapareddy: University of Virginia
• Oghenemaro Anuyah: University of Notre Dame
• Mohadeseh Azari: University of Pittsburgh
• Marcela Billingslea: University of Michigan
• Ashanti Boone: Bowie State University
• Alli Brophy: Winthrop University
• Taylor Clark: Fordham University
• Valencia Coleman: Savannah College of Art and Design
• Maria Cuevas: Columbia University
• Sophie D'Halleweyn: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
• Dieynabou Diallo: Ohio State University
• Etasha Donthi: University of California - Berkeley
• Zeinab Eleie: University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
• Lisa Fung: Stanford University
• Tanvi Ganapathy: CalTech
• Ria Garg: Stanford University
• Carol Geng: Texas A&M University - College Station
• Tarushii Goel: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
• Eva-Jessy Guech: Case Western Reserve University
• Alice Guth: Davidson College
• Remley Hooker: Purdue University
• Hajara-Yasmin Isa: University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign
• Hui Ji: University of Pittsburgh
• Dana Joseph: Dartmouth College
• Nishka Kacheria: Stanford University
• Zulekha Karachiwalla: Carnegie Mellon University
• Sara Kaufman: Johns Hopkins University
• Zeyneb Kaya: Stanford University
• Seongmin Lee: Georgia Institute of Technology
• Mingyi Liu: Georgia Institute of Technology
• Weisi Liu: University of Memphis
• Zoe Lynch: Stanford University
• Priscila Madrid: University of Texas - El Paso
• Rosario Medina: Fordham University
• Stephanie Nawas: University of California - Davis
• Olayemi Olorunsola: University of Nebraska - Omaha
• Akua Osei-Nkwantabisa: University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley
• Romy Peterson: University of Notre Dame
• Rayleen Ramos: Kean University
• Arianna Richardson: University of Maryland - Baltimore County
• Elizabeth Robles: McDaniel College
• Izabella Rodrigues: New York University
• Lucy Rubin: Macalester College
• Zoe Sadowski: University of Dayton
• Richael Saka: Harvard University
• Chiman Salavati: University of Connecticut
• Alexis Segura: Tennessee State University
• Mihika Shankar: New York University
• Ailey Smith: University of Florida
• Shreya Sreekantham: Carnegie Mellon University
• Vidya Srinivas: University of Washington - Seattle
• Sonika Tamilarasan: University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign
• Afifa Tanisa: Columbia University
• Kaitlyn Tracy: Eastern Michigan University
• Rebecca Tsekanovskiy: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Immanuella Umoren: Philander Smith University
• Ananda Francis: Northeastern University
• Jasmine Watkins: University of Texas - San Antonio
• Amber Williamson: Marymount University
• Emma Wu: University of California - Los Angeles
• Katherine Xu: Stanford University
• Chhavi Yadav: University of California - San Diego
• Catherine Yeh: Williams College
• Maureen Zhang: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
• Cindy Zhang: University of California - Irvine