TAs

The first quarter of college is exciting, but can be overwhelming, as you meet a lot of people and check out different student groups and events.

Come talk with our amazing TAs about navigating the Allen School and college life! This is a great opportunity to learn about getting involved and what you might expect from being an Allen School direct-admit student. We are thrilled to share our experiences, resources, and tips for you!

You will probably get to know your group's TAs best, but the group of TAs has a very diverse set of interests and backgrounds -- please do not hesitate to reach out to any of them.  Learn more about them below!

Get to know your TAs!

Aagney Iyer

he/him

Group 1/☕️

Hey everyone! My name is Aagney, and I'm a second-year CS major from Kirkland, WA. I enjoy a good YouTube documentary, daily word games, thrifting, dining out, and all things football/soccer. Talk to me about philosophy, career stuff, and the UCL!

Student Groups/Clubs: UW Consulting Association, Montlake Consulting Group

Teaching Assistant/Campus Jobs: Allen School Academic Support Programs

Research: Auditory computing research @ UW Applied Hearing Science Lab

Akashdeep Bhattacherjee

he/him

Group 2/🍩


Hey, I am Akash (he/him), an international student from Singapore in my final year of Computer Science. I was born in Kolkata, India, and have done a fair bit of moving houses over the world over the course of my life (talk to me about it). Over the course of the past three years at UW, I have been involved in various things such as UW Debate, TAing, acting as a FIG Leader, and interning. When I am not in my dorm crying about homework, I like to obsessively read about obscure historical events, work out, walk all over Seattle, or try out awful puns. I am so excited to meet you guys! 

Student Groups/Clubs: SDE at AWS (Summer 2023)

Research: Researcher at Sensor Systems Lab

Akriti Shrivastava

she/her

Group 3/😀

Hi everyone! I'm a senior in CS and I was born and raised in Redmond, WA! I like to hang out with friends, bake, and read. I also really like going to concerts!

Internships: T-Mobile and Apple

Student Groups/Clubs: Indian Student Association, Society of Women Engineers

Arshdeep Mann

he/him

Group 4/👓

I’m Arshdeep Mann, and I am a senior studying Computer Science. I am from Federal Way, WA. Outside of class, I am into photography, watching sports and sneaker reselling. If you have any questions about how to get involved on campus, applying for internships, what classes to take, or anything really, feel free to reach out and I'd be more than happy to answer them. 

Internships: PM Intern @ F5 Networks, a cybersecurity company that specializes in application security, multi-cloud management, application delivery networking, network security, and much more. 

Student Groups/Clubs: SPS (sher-e-punjab society) 

Teaching Assistant/Campus Jobs: Student Site Reliability Engineering Intern, and Student Assistant for UW Finance Transformation 

Ashley Peris

she/her

Group 5/💜

Hi! I'm Ashley and I'm a third-year student from Renton, WA. I'm studying Computer Science and pursuing a minor in Math. Outside of school, I enjoy reading, swimming, embroidery, and going to concerts (saw the Eras tour this year!). So excited to meet and get to know you all!!

Internships: Software Engineer Intern at Productiv (a startup in Bellevue).

Student Groups/Clubs: I'm a member of Husky Coding Project - an RSO where you can gain software development experience by working on a CS project with a team in an internship-like environment.

Deepayan Sanyal

he/him

Group 6/💡

Hi everyone! My name is Deepayan, but I go by “Deep” informally. I'm a third-year Computer Science major in the Allen School and took the DA Seminar in 2021! When I’m not in class, I like to be active and try to catch a glimpse of Mount Rainier!

Internships: Interned at MyWikis after Freshman year (a wiki hosting startup)! Interned at Amazon after Sophomore year (worked on cool AI stuff)! Both internships were for Software Engineering.

Student Groups/Clubs: Been in the Lavin Entrepreneurship Program since Freshman year.

Teaching Assistant/Campus Jobs: First time TA ever!

Elvin Fu

he/him

Group 7/🔒

Hey everyone! My name is Elvin and I'm a Junior majoring in CS and minoring in Entrepreneurship. In my free time I enjoy playing and making games, going out on the Ave with friends, and playing tennis. I've been trying to get into cooking as well. I'm super excited to meet you all this quarter! :)

Internships: I've worked with various startups!

Student Groups/Clubs: I'm an officer at UW Game Development Club, member of the Lavin Entrepreneurship Program, and a member of the Husky Tennis Club

Teaching Assistant/Campus Jobs: TA for CSE 190B

Eric Han

he/him

Group 8/🍄

I'm a second year student from Bellevue Washington. I lived in Sydney Australia before coming to the US.

Student Groups/Clubs: Husky Tennis Club

Teaching Assistant/Campus Jobs: CLUE tutor

Ethan Bai

he/him

Group 13/⌚️

Hi, I'm Ethan! I'm a second-year computer science student at UW. I love playing badminton, skiing, eating food, traveling, and playing card games! 

Internships: Technology Intern at Centific (Autumn 23)

Student Groups/Clubs: Snack Overflow Director for COM², Husky Coding Project, Interactive Intelligence, Husky Badminton Team

Teaching Assistant/Campus Jobs: 190B TA, UW-IT Service Center (Spring/Summer 2023)

Ethan Shen

he/him

Group 9/🐧

Hi, I am Ethan, and I am a second year CS student from Bellevue, WA, minoring in applied math. In my free time, I like to read, work out, and watch/play sports. Feel free to reach out to me about anything!

Other: Outside the classroom, I am part of the Lavin Entrepreneurship Program and Allen School Student Advisory Council. I also work in machine learning research at the RAIVN lab.

Grace Brigham

she/her

Group 1/☕️

Hey! My name is Grace and I'm a 4th-year combined BS/MS student. I'm from Redmond, WA and love basically any form of moving around outside (hiking/running/biking) and my cats (Kiwi and Lou).

Internships: SWE Intern at Microsoft (x2)

Student Groups/Clubs: Kappa Delta Sorority

Teaching Assistant/Campus Jobs: Changemakers in Computing (During first two years of undergrad)

Research: Security & Privacy Lab (studying Deepfake ethics and policy)

Heer Patel

she/her

Group 6/💡

Hi, my name is Heer! I'm currently a senior studying Computer Science. I'm fascinated by the intersection of business and technology, and I'm working towards a business minor. In my free time, I love to explore Seattle with friends and window shop. Excited to meet you all!

Student Groups/Clubs: Minorities in Tech (MiT) student group

Teaching Assistant/Campus Job: 2nd time TA-ing for the DA Seminar :)

Research: Data visualization research under Prof. Battle at the Interactive Data Lab

Other: Ask me about the data science degree option or business minor!

Jasmine Zhang

she/her

Group 7/🔒

Hi, I'm Jasmine! I'm a second year student majoring in CS and minoring in business. In my free time I like to go on hikes/walks, try out new food places, play board games/card, and listen to music! I'm super excited to be a TA for this seminar, and look forward to meeting you all. Feel free to reach out whenever!

Student Groups/Clubs: Web Impact, Husky Coding Project, COM², WiC

Teaching Assistant/Campus Jobs: CSE 190B!

Jason Guo

he/him

Group 10/🍕

Hello! I'm Jason, and I'm a senior studying Computer Science and Communication. I've been pretty involved on campus in different RSOs and programs. I love meeting new people, traveling, and exploring restaurants (check out my new food account on instagram @foodislife.seattle for some restaurant recs)! I'm super excited to TA for this class, and please feel free to reach out about anything!

Internships: Product Manager Intern @ F5, Microsoft

Student Groups/Clubs: Program Leader @ Unite UW, Associate Officer @ COM², Washington Yacht Club, Swing Kids

Teaching Assistant/Campus Jobs: Changemakers in Computing Mentor, Residence Education Programmer, CSE 440 TA

Jessica Massey

she/her

Group 2/🍩


Hi! My name is Jessica Massey (she/her) and I am a second-year student studying Computer Science and Honors from Bellevue, WA. I really enjoy watching movies (especially in theaters!!), taking a lot of 0.5s, and spending money on food and clothes (aka retail therapy :D). Excited to meet y'all!!! 

Student Groups/Clubs: The Kompany, Campus Philharmonia Orchestra 

Teaching Assistant/Campus Jobs: CSE 190B TA, Mentor at Changemakers in Computing (part of the UW Paul G. Allen Diversity & Access Team) 

Johnny Lee

he/him

Group 3/😀

Hi! My name is Johnny and I'm a sophomore studying CS. Outside of CSE, I enjoy hanging out with friends, eating food, and playing games. Excited to TA for 190B this quarter!

Internship: I was a SWE intern at Hiya Inc. last summer which is a growing startup focused on spam and fraud protection in the telecommunications industry. I built an application using Python, Spark, REST APIs, Salesforce Apex, and Databricks for market-facing teams using large sets of data.

Student Groups/Clubs: I am a club lead in Husky Coding Project which is a club dedicated to helping students from all majors trying to enter the technology industry get project experience. You get to work on a project in a team throughout the school year and have the opportunity to present it to industry professionals later on!

Jonathan Shu

he/him

Group 11/⚽️

Hey, I'm Jonathan, and I'm a junior majoring in computer science. On campus, I'm currently a research assistant at the Ubiquitous Computing Lab. But outside of school, I enjoy playing piano, reading, getting outside, or trying my hand at art. I'm looking forward to meeting everyone!

Student Groups/Clubs: UW Film Club and ARUW previously

Research: Ubiquitous Computing Lab currently, UW BioRobotics Lab previously

Juliette Park

she/her

Group 11/⚽️

Nice to meet you! I'm Juliette, a sophomore studying computer science. On campus, I'm a coding officer for Web Impact UW (formerly DUBvelopers) where we build free websites for small businesses. 

I also love to chat! Come ask me about tea, hiking in Washington, academics, life, or my 7-year-old husky named Cherry 🍒 Excited to meet you.

Student Groups/Clubs: I first got into web dev through Web Impact! Our team got to build the website for Toast-Mi, a Seattle-based banh mi restaurant, and I met great mentors and wonderful friends along the way. I also love attending COM², WiC, and Yarn-It.

Katherine Palevich

she/her

Group 10/🍕

Hello! I'm Katherine and I'm a sophomore majoring in CS with a minor in Business at the UW. Outside of class, I love watching runway shows and analyzing data to find what the next fashion trend will be.

Internship: Pinterest Engage Scholars Program

Student Groups/Clubs: TSA, COM²

Khushi Khandelwal

she/her

Group 8/🍄

Hi! I'm Khushi, a senior majoring in computer science. I was born and raised in Mumbai, India. Outside of school, I love playing chess! I'm an internationally titled chess player and I'm usually competing in tournaments all over the USA. I also play chess for UW. My sister, Krisha, and I also run a non-profit, Chess Mate, where we teach chess to children in Seattle. I'm so excited to meet all of you this quarter! 

Internships: SeekOut

Student Groups/Clubs: UW Chess Club

Teaching Assistant/Campus Jobs: CSE 473 TA, Student Assistant at Local Point

Research: RA at Social Futures Lab

Kianna Bolante

she/her

Head TA

Hello! I’m Kianna, and I'm a third-year studying Computer Science. At the Allen School, I'm involved in student group leadership, HCI research, and have multiple on-campus jobs! Outside of CSE, I really enjoy reading, fashion, and crafts. I'm open to talking about getting more involved in the Allen School, book recommendations, and anything in between!

Student Groups/Clubs: Computing Community (COM²) Chair where I help manage all of our club's events and initiatives!

Teaching Assistant/Campus Job: 2x 190B TA and Allen School Student Building Assistant (assist with building maintenance and events)

Research: Research Assistant in the Social Futures Lab (social computing education project) and the AMP lab (virtual reality for Parkinson's disease project with the rehabilitation medicine department)

Niyati Trivedi

she/her

Group 5/💜

Hey, I’m Niyati! I’m a sophomore studying computer science. In my free time, I enjoy reading, theater, watching reality tv, and listening to Taylor Swift. I am so excited to be a TA for CSE 190B!

Internships: This past summer I interned at Quadrant Resource, a startup IT company!

Student Groups/Clubs: Society of Women Engineers, Dubhacks Next, Phi Chi Theta Business Fraternity

Teaching Assistant/Campus Jobs: TA for CSE 190B

Other: Volunteer Developer at the Live Music Project nonprofit

Sarah Chen

she/her

Group 4/👓

Hi everyone! My name is Sarah, and I’m a second-year majoring in Computer Science and minoring in Applied Mathematics. I’m from Bellevue, Washington, but I grew up in Silicon Valley. Outside of school, I love listening to music (especially 90’s alternative/rock – I’m a huge fan of RHCP, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Radiohead, Green Day, etc.), playing my guitars, teaching karate, hanging out with my dog (Leo), and reading new books.  So excited to meet all of you! :)

Internships: Last summer, I was a Full-Stack SWE intern at a biotech startup called Wavely Diagnostics, Inc.

Teaching Assistant/Campus Jobs: CSE 190B – This is my first time TA-ing! 

Shreya Sathyanarayanan

she/her

Head TA

Hi! I'm Shreya and I am a third-year majoring in Computer Science and minoring in Business. I'm very excited to TA the Freshman-Direct Admit Seminar this quarter! I'm involved in student group leadership in the Allen School and I enjoy helping students explore and navigate their interests in the technology field. Outside of the classroom, I enjoy playing tennis, going on nature walks, cooking, travelling, and reading inspiring books! 

Student Groups/Clubs: WiC (Women in Computing) Chair where I lead all WiC events and initiatives! I work on organizing events to help students build community in the Allen School, collaborating with team members to organize company events and networking opportunities, and organizing K-12 outreach events in the Greater Seattle Area to provide students with the opportunity to explore computer science. 

Teaching Assistant/Campus Jobs: 2x CSE 190b TA

Research: Undergraduate researcher in HCI and Social Computing at the Social Futures Lab

Siham Mohamed

she/her

Group 12/⭐️

Im a second year. Traveled through Italy this summer. 

Teaching Assistant/Campus Jobs: I work as a mentor with Changemakers in computing 

Swetha Puvvada

she/her

Group 13/⌚️

Hi, my name is Swetha! I'm currently a 2nd year in the CS program and I'm from Sammamish, WA. In my free time, I love hiking, hanging out with friends, climbing, and dancing.

Internship: I interned a Unify Technologies and UW Medicine. I worked on front-end and website development at both internships. Now, I'm also working on research data analytics at UW Medicine.

Student Groups/Clubs: I'm part of the Climbing Club, Hiking Club, and Phi Sigma Rho (a social sorority for STEM majors).

Teaching Assistant/Campus Job: CSE 190B

Research: I'm currently assisting the ECC team in their research at the UW Harborview Center For Prehospital Emergency Care.

Yanni Hou

she/her

Group 9/🐧

I'm a Chinese-Canadian international student in her junior year! I love art, games, and cats :-)

Internship: I was an IT Intern at Lavner Education as well as a Cybersecurity Engineer at D3 Security

Student Groups/Clubs: I am an active member in WiC, Badminton, Archery, and UW League of Legends

Teaching Assistant/Campus Job: This is my first time TAing!

Other: I enjoy digital art, piano, guitar, and sharpshooting

Yufei Zhang

she/her

Group 12/⭐️

Hello! My name is Yufei and I'm a second-year student studying Computer Science. I'm from San Diego, CA but I grew up in Boston, MA. Outside of coding, you can find me out in nature exploring new hikes, camping with my family, learning songs on my guitar, and reading books (my favorite author is Fredrik Backman)!

Internships: Data Analyst & Business Analyst Intern @ Axos Bank, Product Owner & Software Engineer @ UCSD Supercomputer Center

Student Groups/Clubs: Computing Community (COM²) Social Events Coordinator, The Product Management Center at UW

Teaching Assistant/Campus Jobs: CSE 190b TA, Full Stack Web Developer for UW College of Engineering

Research: Natural Language Processing Research @ UW Medical Center Department of Radiation Oncology