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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!
Get to know your TAs!
Ali Jaffery
he/him
Lead TA
Hey all, my name is Ali, i'm a 3rd year at UW from Snoqualmie WA and i'm super excited to get to meet y'all. In my free time I love to hang out with friends, go thrifting, work out, skate, and go outdoors. Talk to me about music or school advice i'd love to chat!
Student Groups/Clubs: COM² Vice President, Former Social Events Coordinator & Associate Officer
Teaching Assistant/Campus Jobs: 190B TA 2024, Seasonal Server/Banquet Captain @ Club at Snoqualmie Ridge
Internships: SDE Intern @ AWS
Trisha Bhatawdekar
she/her
Lead TA
Hi! I'm Trisha and I'm a third-year Computer Science student. Outside of class, I enjoy playing the piano and reading. I'm excited to meet everyone!
Student Groups/Clubs: Formerly Associate Officer @ COM2 & Outreach Committee Member @ WiC
Teaching Assistant/Campus Jobs: CSE 190B 2x, CSE 391 2x
Internships: Product Intern @ USAFacts
Research Positions: UW Interactive Data Lab, SEAL
Agastya Mongia
he/him
Group 2
What's up everyone! I'm Agastya, a third year from Seattle studying CS with minors in Entrepreneurship and Business. I love playing tennis and pickleball, discovering new music (currently into house), and am just getting into cooking! If you have any questions or cool recipes, let's chat! 😁
Student Groups/Clubs: Delta Sigma Pi, Lavin Entrepreneurship Program, CSEED
Teaching Assistant/Campus Jobs: Peer Academic Advisor, TA for CSE 190B & ENTRE 490B
Internships: JSDE @ Amazon
Research Positions: Undergraduate Researcher @ Predictive Sys-Bio Lab
Ananya Tripathi
she/her
Group 13
Hi everyone! My name's Ananya and I'm a second year student majoring in Computer Engineering and minoring in Entrepreneurship from Sammamish, WA. Outside of school I enjoy baking, dancing, listening to music, and visiting new places. Very excited to meet you all!
Student Groups/Clubs: COM2, Lavin Entrepreneurship Program, Husky Coding Project
Teaching Assistant/Campus Jobs: Engineering Design Coach for ENGR 106
Internships: Technology Strategy Consulting @ Ernst & Young
Anas Slassi
he/him
Group 1
Hi! My name is Anas Slassi and I am a current fourth-year CS student from Kirkland, WA. Outside of school, I love to play soccer, read, and travel! Excited to TA for this class!
Student Groups/Clubs: UW Club Soccer
Teaching Assistant/Campus Jobs: 190B, Ambassador
Brianna Ong
she/her
Group 12
Hi! My name is Brianna, and I am a second-year Computer Engineering student from Redmond, WA. Outside of school I enjoy hiking, skiing, and surfing. I'm super excited to meet everyone!
Student Groups/Clubs: Association for Computing Education (ACE)
Teaching Assistant/Campus Jobs: CSE 190B TA, Lead Changemakers in Computing Mentor, Engineering Design Coach
Chloe Recupero
she/her
Group 4
Hi! My name is Chloe and I'm a third year student from Seattle, WA currently majoring in Computer Science and French. I love being outdoors especially running, hiking and skiing and spending time with friends. I'm excited to meet everyone, feel free to reach out!
Student Groups/Clubs: cseed buildHER Project Lead
Teaching Assistant/Campus Jobs: CSE 190B!
Internships: SWE Intern @ Sierra Nevada Corporation (Summer 2025), Bluco AI (Winter 2025)
Research Positions: UW SEAL (2024)
Czarin Dela Cruz
she/her
Group 11
Hi everyone! My name is Czarin, and I’m an incoming senior majoring in Computer Science and Data Science. I’m highly interested in learning about the intersectionality of tech, and how it can be used for social good. Outside of school, I enjoy dancing, journaling, and cafe-hopping! This is my first time becoming a TA for this course, and I’m so excited to get to know all of you!
Student Groups/Clubs: GEN1 Chair, Legacy Dancer at FASA
Teaching Assistant/Campus Jobs: Lab Aide at Termini Lab (Fred Hutch), CSE 190B TA
Internships: Data Intern at Institute for Good Government and Inclusion (IGGI)
Research Positions: Accessible Design Tools at Make4All Lab
Other: Heal Initiative
Ella Cao
she/her
Group 10
Hi my name is Ella, and I'm a 2nd year student studying Computer Science and Linguistics. Outside of school I love learning foreign languages, trying different restaurants, and playing chess. I'm so excited to meet everyone!
Student Groups/Clubs: Outreach Director @ Women in Computing
Research Positions: NLP Researcher @ UW Interactive Data Lab; ML Research Intern @ UW Make4All Lab; Computational Linguistics Research Assistant @ CLMBR Group
Emily Chi
she/her
Group 13
Hi everyone! My name is Emily, and I’m from Auburn, WA! I am a third year majoring in computer science with a minor in business. Outside of school, I enjoy reading, hiking, gaming, and exploring new food areas with friends. I’m excited to meet everyone and feel free to reach out!
Student Groups/Clubs: WIC, WebImpact, UBC
Teaching Assistant/Campus Jobs: Student Recruitment Representative, CSE 190B TA
Research Positions: Student researcher for Make4All Lab
Eric Han
he/him
Group 10
Hi friends! I'm a 4th year student from Bellevue, WA and I'm very excited to be TAing 190b again! I consider myself an active individual so if you see me in the IMA feel free to say hello. I'm interested in film photography, and discussing portrait paintings. Feel free to reach out if you want to chat, especially if you would like to join my volleyball team for Autumn quarter! (none of us play volleyball)
Student Groups/Clubs: ACE, Archery Club, Tennis Club
Teaching Assistant/Campus Jobs: CLUE tutor (Au23-Sp25), CSE413(Sp25), CSE190b(Au23), CSE473(Au25)
Internships: AWS (Summer 2025), Clearwater Analytics (Summer 2024)
Esther Kim
she/her
Group 12
Hi everyone! My name's Esther and I'm a third-year majoring in Computer Science and Linguistics. Outside of class, I love to work out, crochet, climb, and play vball. I look forward to meeting you all this quarter!
Student Groups/Clubs: Theta Tau
Teaching Assistant/Campus Jobs: Allen School Academic Success Coach, second time TAing 190B!
Internships: Amazon Jr SDE
Research Positions: NLP Research Assistant @ Department of Linguistics
Guniet Dhillon
he/him
Group 8
Hi! I am a sophomore studying CS and this is my first time being a TA! In my free time, I like running and just doing outdoor stuff in general. Looking forward to this quarter!
Student Groups/Clubs: During my freshman year, I was a part of the Student Advisory Committee (SAC) for the Allen school, and would highly recommend it to everyone.
Hannah Star Lee
she/her
Group 2
Hi, I'm Hannah Star Lee and I just finished my 2nd year studying Computer Science. This is my first time TAing 190B, and I’m excited to meet you all and honored to be one of your first TAs at the Allen School! In my free time, I enjoy fashion, painting, photography, and playing tennis and golf.
Student Groups/Clubs: Technology Consulting Association @ UW
Internships: Software Engineer Intern @ DailyQZ
Helena Zheng
she/her
Group 9
Hi everyone! My name's Helena and I'm a third-year from Sammamish, WA majoring in computer science and minoring in business. Outside of class, I enjoy solving puzzles, baking, and doing taekwondo. Welcome to the Allen School, I'm excited to meet you all!
Student Groups/Clubs: Husky Taekwondo, WiC, formerly UW FSAE
Teaching Assistant/Campus Jobs: CSE 123, CSE 331
Internships: Jr. SDE @ Amazon
Research Positions: NLP radiation oncology research @ ONIX lab
Jose Sanchez
he/him
Group 3
Hey everyone! I’m a senior studying CS with a data science minor. Outside of school, I like going to concerts, listening to new music, traveling and trying new food spots. If you’re into any of that definitely reach out, I’d be happy to talk!
Teaching Assistant/Campus Jobs: First time TAing and excited to meet everyone this quarter!
Research Positions: Computer Vision with SURP, AI/ML in Education with DUB REU
Other: Completed a Human-Robot Interaction study abroad program in Japan
Justin Hung
he/him
Group 4
Hi, my name is Justin, I'm from Kenmore, WA, and I'm a sophomore majoring in CS. I like hanging out with my friends and playing video games. Feel free to reach out if you have questions (either TAing or other stuff)!
Student Groups/Clubs: SWECC, COM^2
Teaching Assistant/Campus Jobs: CSE 123
Internships: Amazon! (+ some other stuff cooking w/ smaller companies 👀)
Katherine Palevich
she/her
Group 8
Hello! I'm Katherine and I'm a senior majoring in CS with a minor in Business at the UW. Outside of class, I love thrifting and collecting local art.
Student Groups/Clubs: COM2, WiC, SWECC
Internships: Pinterest iOS Developer, Experian iOS Developer, Netflix x Formation Fellow, Pinterest Engage Program, Expedia Career Discovery Program
Kim Singh
he/him
Group 5
Hi! My name is Kim Singh and I am a current third-year CS student from Bothell, WA. Outside of school, I love to read, go jogging, and explore Seattle! Excited to TA for this class!
Student Groups/Clubs: HuskyFOSS, SWECC
Internships: Interned @ Visa
Research Positions: Acoustic Levitation @ Sensor Systems Lab
Rina Yuan
she/her
Group 1
Hey everyone! My name is Rina, I'm a 2nd year CS student minoring in Business and Political Science. Outside of school I enjoy climbing, swimming, painting, and thrifting. Feel free to reach out and definitely come climbing!
Student Groups/Clubs: WebImpact, WiC, cseed, Husky Swim Club
Teaching Assistant/Campus Jobs: CSE 190B
Internships: SWE @ Extern
Sean Luu
he/him
Group 11
Hi everyone! My name is Sean, and I'm a second-year student majoring in computer science from Renton, WA. In my free time, I enjoy discovering new music around the world, watching Seattle sports teams, and spending time with friends. I'm very excited to meet everyone!
Student Groups/Clubs: Husky Coding Project
Teaching Assistant/Campus Jobs: CSE 190B, Changemakers in Computing Mentor
Shakti Senthil
she/her
Group 6
Hi y'all, I’m Shakti! I'm a senior at the Allen School and will be completing my BS/MS next year. I love anything outdoors (hiking, running, biking) and I also love to dance (learning Salsa recently)! Feel free to reach out and say hi :)
Student Groups/Clubs: WAFER (Women at the Forefront of Engineering Research)
Internships: Research Intern: Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (Ai2), SWE Intern: Meta, Samsara, U.S. Navy
Research Positions: Student Researcher @ Social RL lab, RA @ Sensor Systems Lab
Sophia Zhang
she/her
Group 3
Hi, I'm Sophia! I'm a 2nd year from Seattle studying CS with a minor in business. Outside of school, I love snowboarding, badminton, baking, and painting. I'm super excited to meeting all of you this quarter!
Student Groups/Clubs: COM2(Public Relations Director), Husky Coding Project, Husky Badminton Club
Teaching Assistant/Campus Jobs: TA for CSE 190B
Vanessa Ping
she/her
Group 7
Hi everyone! I'm Vanessa and I'm a second year from Bellevue, WA. I love playing volleyball, traveling, and cooking new yummy food! Excited to meet everyone and feel free to reach out!
Student Groups/Clubs: CSE Student Advisory Council, Intramural Volleyball, Kappa Kappa Gamma Badminton Club
Will Hunt
he/him
Group 7
Hi, I'm Will! I'm a senior studying Computer Science (data science option) with a business minor. Outside of school/work I am a huge Seattle sports fan, and love to stay active/outside running, hiking, and skiing. Excited to meet everyone, always feel free to reach out!
Student Groups/Clubs: DubHacks Next, cseed, Software Engineering Club (SWECC)
Internships: SWE Intern @ USAA, SWE @ REV Delivery, PM Intern @ MESH Fantasy Sports
William Dinh
he/him
Group 6
Hi everyone, I'm William! I'm a second year studying Computer Engineering from Renton, WA. I love anything about sports, but you'll mainly catch me playing tennis or basketball and watching football or F1. I also love thrifting, cooking, and poetry. Super excited to meet everyone and don't be afraid to reach out!
Student Groups/Clubs: Theta Tau, Brotherhood Initiative, DubHacks, Husky Tennis Club
Teaching Assistant/Campus Jobs: Changemakers in Computing Mentor, CSE 190B TA
Jude Santos
he/him
Group 9
Hello! My name is Jude and I'm a second year. I'm a huge football (soccer) enthusiast (HALA MADRID) along with playing intramurally for UW, gaming, and craftsmanship like metalwork, forging, and woodmaking. I look forward to meeting you all!
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