Nita Kaushal
Nita is the Founder of Miss CEO, an educational startup focused on the delivering premier leadership training, educational resources and mentoring to girls ages 12-18. Nita was recently a senior manager at Yahoo! where she led an innovative and high performance suite of display media products. She began her career at Intel, where she contributed to the product evangelism and development of Intel's Centrino wireless platforms and other key mobile technologies.
Nita graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Electrical Engineering. While in college, Nita developed a passion for helping girls and young women develop leadership skills and advance in underrepresented fields. She is on the Stanford Women's Community Center Advisory Board and has also served as the Co-President of Yahoo! Women in Tech, a 500+ member organization committed to attracting, developing and retaining more women in technical and executive positions.
Nita happily resides in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area and enjoys traveling, reading, hiking and indulging in the local culinary scene.
Nita graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Electrical Engineering. While in college, Nita developed a passion for helping girls and young women develop leadership skills and advance in underrepresented fields. She is on the Stanford Women's Community Center Advisory Board and has also served as the Co-President of Yahoo! Women in Tech, a 500+ member organization committed to attracting, developing and retaining more women in technical and executive positions.
Nita happily resides in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area and enjoys traveling, reading, hiking and indulging in the local culinary scene.
Andreina Parisi-Amon
Andreina is currently pursuing her PhD in Bioengineering at Stanford University, focusing on the development of engineered protein biomaterials for three dimensional cell culture and cell transplantation therapies. Away from the lab bench she is involved with outreach and mentoring programs, coupling her science background and passion for education to promote participation and enjoyment of science with middle and high school students. She is currently co-developing a college-application writing course for high school students at the Boys and Girls club the summer before their senior year. Throughout her undergraduate career Andreina taught a self-designed Spanish class at the local middle school and spent a summer developing lesson plans and teaching math to 8th grade students requiring an extra boost before high school.
Andreina grew up in Pittsburgh, PA and holds a BS in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University and a MS in Bioengineering from Stanford University. In her free time, Andreina likes undertaking new challenges, and recently competed
in her first sprint triathlon.
Andreina grew up in Pittsburgh, PA and holds a BS in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University and a MS in Bioengineering from Stanford University. In her free time, Andreina likes undertaking new challenges, and recently competed
in her first sprint triathlon.