ABout US

My name is Alicia Guzman, I’m a creative Front-end Developer with 3+ years of experience designing, developing, and managing websites. Specializes in Responsive design, HTML5/CSS3, Grid system such as Bootstrap, JavaScript, jQuery, Grunt, JSON, and WordPress. And also experienced in preparing, and executing test cases, analyzed User Requirements and Technical Specifications, and preparation of Test Results reports for the development team. For 9 years I worked as a HR associate/Technical Recruiter looking for talented IT professionals over Latin America to work for US clients remotely, until I decided to change my career and become an IT professional as well. Now, I have a new startup idea called “Geek Creativa” website design and development, is not yet developed completely but it will be in the near future. I’m studying the Data Science scholarship challenge because I want to take my career to the next level, and grow up professionally in this field. My hobbies are graphic designs, drinking coffee, and practice aerobics everyday. A passionate and lovely daughter, wife, mother, and professional who always like to learn new technologies and techniques. Twitter|LinkedIn| Github

My name is Calista Nasser, and I live in Brooklyn, NY, USA. Professionally, I work on internal controls, which involves measuring risk for our company, testing for compliance with major regulations, and understanding how effectively we are operating. I am participating in the scholarship to expand my data analysis skills. I perform data analysis and assess data governance regularly as part of my work, and this knowledge will allow me to step into more technical projects. In my spare time, I play in an all-women’s Brazilian percussion ensemble and volunteer with ScriptEd, which teaches high school students HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Twitter ✹ LinkedIn

My name is Elisa Romondia and I live in Rome, Italy. I work as a consultant and developer in the field of Blockchain and Data Science. I was the first woman in Italy to win an official national hackathon Digithon 2016, where more than 2k people applied, with the project Dammi la mano. Now I work on Devoleum, an Ethereum Blockchain, IPFS and AI solution for the food supply chain, with this project I was selected by StartHer, as one of the top 10 female entrepreneurs in Europe and I pitched my project at the Station F in Paris. I lead workshop and webinar about new technologies like Blockchain, AI, AR/VR and PWA, where I teach how to code in Solidity, JavaScript, Python and C#. Recently I led an official webinar for Google and Udacity about PWAs for the MWS Nanodegree. LinkedIn | Twitter | Youtube

My name is Evelyn Jabri and I live in Novi, Michigan, USA. In my day job as a consultant, I help executives in the publishing, higher education, and non-profit sectors expand and improve their digital products. I work with clients to synthesize complex information and translate data into actionable insights that support achieving organizational goals. I am participating in this scholarship to expand my data analysis and programming skills so that I can better serve my client. My plan is to continue to The Udacity Predictive Analytics in Business course. I’m an avid volunteer, outdoorswomen, wife, mother, dog lover, tea drinker, and foodie. Twitter | LinkedIn.

My name is Gasia. I am from Syria, currently residing in Armenia. I have a bachelor degree in Computer Science and I work as a Data Scientist in one of the leading telecommunication companies in Armenia; Ucom. My work involves performing full exploratory analysis on provided data, processing, cleansing, and verifying the integrity of data used for analysis, understand user behavior, building and optimizing classifiers and algorithms using machine learning techniques, creating automated anomaly detection systems and constant tracking of its performance. I am also the winner of two local hackathons “Climate Tech Hackathon” and “Smart City Hackathon”; in which the ideas are in start-up incubation cycle to implement them on the industry level. Linkedin

My name is Kasthuri Prabhulingam and I live in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. I’m a proud Udacity-Bertelsmann Data Science Scholar and a recipient of Udacity-Lyft Intro to Self-Driving Cars Scholarship. As a software engineer, I have experience in Aviation, Maintenance & Engineering, Electronic Flight Back Systems and Supply Chain Management domains with technologies like Progress 4gl, OpenEdge, Java, C++, XML, and Oracle. I am participating in this scholarship to enhance my data science knowledge by learning Python & Descriptive Statistics and venture into Udacity Data Analyst Nanodegree. Along with technology I love Math and have a lot of interest in problem solving. I’m a proud Woman, Daughter, Wife and also into Jewel making, Pencil Drawing, Cooking, and Public speaking. LinkedIn

Udacity Bertelsmann Data Science challenge course has been my greatest learning experience in many years since the beginning of my career, it is this community’s vibe and encouragement that has kept me going. I am a Software Engineer by profession with close to 9 years of experience working with Mainframes and DataStage in Financial Services, I am part of a team that generates and handles a ton of data. My initial intention was, if I could predict the data that we deal with, we would eventually be doing less work. But now I am going head-on with Data Science. Now I am a regular at the local Data Science and Machine Learning Meetups that work on community projects and I will soon be contributing. I am a proud husband, I also incorporate running, biking & yoga into my life and volunteering to all projects that aim at the betterment of humanity has been an integral part of my life. LinkedIn

My name is Lauren Cousin, and I’m a Software Developer in Test in Utah, United States. I have a Bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication/Journalism, but entered the software field after graduation, where I’ve been working for the past 6 years. I love problem-solving and learning new technologies! I’m currently going through Udacity’s Machine Learning Nanodegree, as well as continuing to learn blockchain development for my current job. I hope to use the data science skills I’ve picked up in this course to further my machine learning studies and hopefully apply them to my career! I’m hoping to combine machine learning and automation to improve some workflows in my job. In my free time, I love playing video games, hiking, rock climbing, programming, and hanging out with my two cats and dog.

My name is Purva Nahar many of you know me as PN10 on slack, proud Indian feminist by birth. I hold Bachelors & Masters in Computer Applications Degree and currently, self-employed have some experience in Android and web applications. I’m the passionate, hardworking & dedicated individual who believes in giving the best version of me. I’m an honoured full scholarship recipient of Udacity Android Developer Nanodegree by Tata Trusts & Google India Scholarship Team ( Year 2016-2017), Google India Mobile Web Specialist( Year 2018), AWS Certification Course Full Scholarship by WWCode In partnership with Cloud Guru ( Year 2018). My other personality traits are technophile, avid reader, foodie, nature lover,art lover ,budding instrumentalist. Feel Free to connect with me on

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My name is Reshu Singh, and I live in New Delhi,India. I am currently an undergraduate pursuing Bachelors of Technology in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Indraprastha University. I am a Machine Learning/Deep Learning enthusiast, electronics hobbyist. I love reading novels, networking, taking part in hackathons, volunteering especially for women issues and causes. Currently in the organising team of Delhi Chapter of WiMLDS(Women in Machine Learning and Data Science,wimlds.org). My team this year won the 2nd position in Smart India Hackathon organised by Government of India and now we are working on deploying the project to get it to industry level usage. It will be funded by Government of India. Yes, you can call me feminist! Currently also working on an IoT based prototype for preventing and reporting molestation automated by sensors for 2nd round Global level showcase.You can find me ranting about tech and books at Twitter | Linkedin