Meet Sharada

Hi, I am Sharada. I am 14 years old and from Jersey City, New Jersey. I am a member of the 2023 Million Girls Moonshot Flight Crew. I am a lover of all things computer science.

My coding journey began with code.org when I was 5. Since then, I have learned programming with Scratch, Python, CoffeeScript, and JavaScript. I have attended many summer programs hosted by Microsoft and Apple.

I am an avid hackathon attendee and have won many hackathons. I recently won the Congressional App Challenge in the NJ-08 district. I am a swimmer and varsity basketball player.

Though we live in a technology-powered era, gender, race, and income disparities create gaps in access, leaving most of us as consumers rather than creators. I am passionate about sharing my love for computer science with others. In 2020, I cofounded a non-profit, Little Apple Academy, to teach free coding classes for kids to spark their interest in computer science.

In the future, I plan to pursue research in artificial intelligence and machine learning. Legendary STEMinists like Grace Hopper and Fran Allen inspire me every day, and I hope to one day make a similar impact in STEM.