Co-Founder/Advisor: Suhana Shrivastava is a current student at Caltech and the co-founder of Yobea. She pursues computer science for its wide-ranging applications in the science and technology fields, and enjoys tech and research-related competitions. She also strongly believes in inclusion in tech fields, and actively advocates for women in STEM through organizations like ProjectCSGIRLS and Girls Who Code. In her free time, she can be found seeking free computer stickers and obsessing over Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Advisor: Tammy Long has been serving as Co-Lead Pastor of South Bay Community Church in Fremont, CA., since 2018, after serving as the Executive Pastor since 2010.  She is an ordained pastor and trained spiritual director. She has a Master’s Degree in Education from Cal State East Bay and Master’s Degree in Christian Formation from North Park Seminary. Tammy is passionate about seeing people connect with God and grow deeper in love with the Trinity, both individually and in community.  Whether through preaching, teaching, spiritual direction, facilitating a small group, or leading a retreat, Tammy’s deepest joy is walking alongside others as they draw closer to the heart of God and experience spiritual transformation. Her joys include reading, movies, traveling, yoga, being in nature, and spending time with her husband, adult children, and grandchildren.

Advisor: Vishal Sinha is the VP of Engineering at Nutanix, an Enterprise Cloud Computing company. Before Nutanix, he led the Enterprise Networking Group at Brocade. Vishal is passionate about technology and its use to solve medical problems. He also advises early-stage startups. Vishal received his MBA from UC Berkeley, MS from the University of Minnesota, and B. Tech in Computer Engineering from the Delhi College of Engineering. In his spare time, Vishal enjoys mentoring students and spending time with his family and friends.

Yobea x Hopkins Middle School Python Lead: Sanskruth Gopinath

Hi, my name is Sanskruth Gopinath. I was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Currently, I’m a 7th grader at William Hopkins Middle School in Fremont. Of course, I enjoy coding. I participate every year in First Lego League (FLL) at the challengers level and I mainly code for the team using the Spike Prime app. I have created a project such as a calculator using Scratch. I’ve also created projects like a space game, find the Odd One Out, and pop the balloon through video sensing. In my free time, I enjoy karate, piano, scouting, baseball, chess, and drawing.

Yobea x Schoolhouse.world Mentor: Nitika Chakkirala

Hi, my name is Nitika, and I’m a seventh grader at Hopkins Junior High. I mainly work with Python and Java but I also love doing Scratch. I have created games such as personality quizzes and unscramble the word with Python and Java, and I have made a game remix and interactions between different characters with Scratch. Some of my other hobbies include reading and writing, arts and crafts, singing, and watching tv. I am also very good at math, having won many top prizes in national competitions ever since I was in second and third grade. I have even published a children’s fantasy book and enjoy writing short stories in my free time.

Yobea x Schoolhouse.world Mentor: Kaleigh Lee

Born in California, Kaleigh Lee finds the dynamics of technologies and their capabilities of action or change enthralling.  Kaleigh is constantly looking for ways to help people by sharing her knowledge.  She is currently volunteering at the school orchestra by mentoring elementary school children and working as a staff writer for the school editorial.  In her leisure time, she likes to follow her parents to travel around the world.  Her current passions are digital art and Muay Thai boxing.

Yobea x Schoolhouse.world Mentor: Stuti Pemmaraju

Stuti Pemmaraju, a middle schooler at Hopkins Junior High School, has a profound passion for computer science. She enjoys student council and STEM-related leadership activities and loves helping others as well. She also does writing and has her own blog filled with articles and poems about her opinions on things. Stuti loves playing violin and is at a youth symphony, volunteers for an elementary orchestra, and also pursues Carnatic (South Indian Classical) Music.