My story starts with the spirit of creating opportunities for oneself, which meant applying to opportunities and learning from failures thereafter. Applied to Stanford University to spend a Summer quarter, fortunately got accepted, only because I tried and rose above all the previous unaccepted various applications to programs. Spent 9 weeks doing courses under Computer Science department along with participating in silicon-valley-innovation-academy, Entrepreneurial program in Silicon Valley. That, certainly, was one of the turning points of my life. The extensive summer taught me a lot, from struggling for a place to stay during an unfortunate month to figuring out more networking opportunities during atrocities. I strongly believe, with proven examples to share, that problems and hurdles in life are cosplayed opportunities, you can't get the biggest opportunities right away right? They take the shape of a puzzle, a problem, and the day you figure a way out you'd realise they turn out to be most rewarding of all situations in life.

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Coming back to India I took the responsibility of sharing my experience with students and encouraging them to take risks in life and to be smart in applications to amazing programs like Stanford summer, became Stanford Global Ambassador and reached out to 227 students across the country. It was amazing to get recognised for my hard work. I kept on doing a couple of intrnships thereafter,  figured that I was enjoying the management aspect of the tech world so got involved with program management, product management roles in organisations and startups. Still learning, a forever inquisitive learner. Jack of all trades doesn't need to be master of one all the time, if you ask me! What about "inter - trade" innovations? Do what interests you and it's okay to be "the round pegs in the square holes" cause, guess what? 'Unless someone is crazy enough to believe she could change the world, nobody would, and because of the crazy breed, miracles still happen!'

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Currently, I'm working as National Organising Partner for Global Entrepreneurship Week 2016,  India and recently received the prestigious Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship for academic excellence, leadership and community work. There were and still are reasons and hurdles in the path, imposter syndrome is also a common trait in women like us, but what should keep one going is the grit and perseverance to make a difference, and good guidance and mentorship. I see a lot of students don't ask for their role models for helping them, I say- Just go and ask, seeking mentors is nowhere wrong, get that guidance,  do good and always feel obliged and respectful to your mentors. One of my dear mentors taught me "take life one moment at a time and every task as a new challenge,  that's how you'd keep moving and doing great things in life, which you're definitely capable of."

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If I sum up my life into one long line and advise my mentees, I say- Empathise, understand the world around, stop judging and find out the reasons to life, be inquisitive, create opportunities for yourself cause you can and have to; Make mistakes, lots and lots of them, and learn; Be yourself, speak up without any fear because if your conscience tells you you're right, more often than not you just are but with a different perspective that the world needs to see and know; Never give up, turn atrocities to opportunities cause that's exactly what they are wrapped in some apparent difficulties to get you ready for your bigger goal ; and, commit to make small changes in your lifestyle and yourself every single day, to achieve your goal of making a difference in the world! 
You mostly can't be the same and deserve what you want, you gotta grow, learn and change for good to reach where you want to reach.

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'There is nothing in the world that we can't do if we decide to, so let's decide to bring the change, to be the change!