Srishti Pithadia

Bachelor's

Cognitive Science

Computer Science

TechnoTeens Inc

Founder & CEO

- Founded a 501(c)3 non-profit for the purpose of teaching and promoting technical education to middle & high school students, particularly girls and low-income students - Developed curriculums focused on teaching programming languages (Java, Python, Swift - Robotics (Kits) and engineering concepts - Recruited and trained other teacher volunteers with expansion and continuation of program - Raised over $5,500 in grants, donations and sponsorships - Developed partnerships with other organizations with the same vision (Vital Voices, local libraries - Arranged and organized motivational and role-model guest speakers in the industry - Established web presence with self-developed website (www.technoteens.net) and ran social - Organized a local mini-hackathon, BullHacks (www.bullhacks.org) (TrumbullTimes Coverage