AANHPI Women Leaders in STEM Brunch

Our keynote speaker for this event was “described by Vogue Magazine as a 14-year-old “CEO, entrepreneur, and feminist STEM advocate,” Samaira Mehta is breaking down barriers for the future of technology. Her inventions “CoderBunnyz” - a mechanism that simplifies complex coding concepts and teaches them in a fun adventure, “CoderMindz” - the world’s first-ever Artificial Intelligence board game that simplifies the intricacies of how AI works, and “CoderMarz” which brings together her love for coding and AI with her interest in outer space and Mars are just some of her most significant works.

Mehta is the youngest Davidson Fellow, Softbank Masason Scholar, and works with the United Nations for gender equality. She was featured on platforms like CNBC, Business Insider, Today Show, and Washington Post for her creations and 500+ workshops that spotlight her board games, through which she has taught over 15,000 kids to code. She has been a speaker at over 100 conferences nationwide and internationally including at MWC’19, C2 Montreal, and corporations like Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Intel, SAP, Walmart, and IBM.

Her STEM initiative “Yes, One Billion Kids Can Code” and entrepreneurship academy “Boss Bizz” are ambitious but that’s not her only goal. She wants to become President of the United States when she’s older, giving her a bigger platform and voice to do what she believes is right for the country.”