The 2022 Math and AI 4 Girls Award Ceremony will be on Saturday, June 18th, 2022 at 2PM EST.​
Many thanks to our gracious sponsors: HPE, Automation Anywhere, JPMorgan Chase and D.E. Shaw. We would also like to thank our partners, MathCounts and AI4ALL.
Finally, this year's competition wouldn't be possible without our wonderful team members: Yunseo Ha, Kira Lewis, Chinmayi Goyal, Maggie Bai, Snigtha Mohanraj, Andrea Chen, Ivy Guo, Daria Bondarenko, and Sailalitha Kodukula. These girls, a group drawn exclusively from last year's top scorers, have been exemplary in their talent, passion and thoughtfulness.
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Award Recipient List:
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Top 10:
1st Place: Amritha Praveen, IL, 6th grade​
2nd Place: Kira Lewis, NY, 8th grade
3rd Place: Advika Asth
Natalie Shell
Natalie Shell is a current sophomore at Stanford University, planning to major in Computer Science. In addition to conducting research at Stanford's AI4ALL program, MIT's RSI program, and Harvard's Hoffman Lab, she recently interned at SpaceX, on the Starlink Direct to Cell team.
Natalie founded Math and AI 4 Girls because she believes that Math and AI should be open to anyone with talent and passion regardless of their background and experience, and she hopes this nonprofit will play a role in removing barriers and achieving greater participation for girls and other underrepresented groups in Math and AI.
Chinmayi Goyal
Yorktown High School
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Chinmayi is a sophomore at Yorktown High School in New York. She is very passionate about math and science, and has competed in various competitions such as the USAJMO, Math Prize for Girls, and has won in the top ten in the Harvard-MIT Math Tournament and Yale Girls in Math. Outside of math, she enjoys playing her clarinet, writing, and is an editor of her school’s newspaper. She is also an active member of her school’s Science Olympiad and has won multiple gold medals at the regional and state level. She enjoys teaching competition math in her local math circle, and is passionate about empowering girls.
Anika Rajaram
Harker School
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Hi! My name is Anika Rajaram and I am a 9th grader at the Harker School. My interests include chess, coding, math, and golf. I'm really excited to work with the Math and AI 4 Girls team this year!
Angie Huang
East Ridge High School
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Angie Huang is a freshman who has been participating in math competitions since 5th grade. She is a two-time aime qualifier and placed 5th in MATHCOUNTS State. Outside of math, she is a debater and plays both piano and tennis.
Ivy Guo
Montgomery Blair High School in Maryland
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Ivy Guo has been participating in math and programming competitions for many years and has achieved top scores in the AMC series and at Math Prize for Girls. Outside of math she loves attempting various craft projects.
Samhitha Kovi
Lambert High School in Georgia
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Samhitha (Sam) Kovi is a freshman at Lambert High School in Georgia, who has been participating in math competitions since 3rd grade, placing top 5 at the MATHCOUNTS State Competition and qualifying for AIME twice. She participated in the 2022 MAAI4G competition and placed in the top 16. She believes that it is important to empower more girls to pursue STEM in the future. In her free time, she enjoys public forum debate, reading books of all genres, listening to classic rock, and practicing martial arts.
Sophia Jin
Iowa City West High School
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Sophia Jin is a freshman at Iowa City West High School who is very passionate about mathematics and STEM. She is a member of the Math and AI 4 Girls Problem Set team. Sophia hopes to encourage young girls to love math and science.
Sophia Yan
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Vaidehi Ramachandrula
Brookfield Central High
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Vaidehi is a freshman at Brookfield Central High School and has been passionate about STEM since her younger days. She enjoys participating in Math competitions, Science Bowl, and FTC. In her spare time, she loves dancing(for over 10 years!), singing, and learning new languages. She has always believed that girls should be encouraged to participate in the STEM fields at a younger age, and is proud to be a problem set developer for this competition!
Maggie Bai
The University of Chicago Laboratory Schools in Chicago, IL
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Hi everyone! My name is Maggie, and I am currently on the MAA4G team! I have had a passion for STEM since an early age, and I have since then participated in MathCOUNTS, the AMC series, AIME, and more. I also love computer science, and participated in ACSL, and USACO. Other than these competitions, I enjoy playing piano and viola! I hope to close the gender gap in STEM, hence why I decided to join and stay in the MAA4G competition team!
Olivia Ahn
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Andrea Chen
Bergen County Academies
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Andrea is a sophomore in AAST at Bergen County Academies, and has been participating in math competitions since 5th grade. She attended HCSSiM (yp17!) and is a three-time AIME qualifier. Outside of math, she is an oboist and enjoys learning physics and coding.
Yunseo Ha
Alabama School of Math and Science
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Hello! My name is Yunseo (I go by Yun) and I am a sophomore attending the Alabama School of Math and Science. Anything relating to math, physics, engineering, fascinated me, and I also love to tinker with Arduinos and making CAD models! I am passionate about inclusivity in diversity in STEM, which is why I am so happy to be a part of the MAA4G team. Some of my other hobbies include playing the guitar and chess!
Snigtha Mohanraj
The Engineering and Science University Magnet School Connecticut
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I have had a passion for STEM since a young age, and I am specifically very passionate about scientific research and have been conducting independent research projects regarding water quality for several years. I am also a climate activist within my community and work with several climate groups.
Alicia Li
Horace Mann School
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Alicia Li is a 9th grader at the Horace Mann School. She participated in the Math and AI for Girls 2022 Competition. Besides doing math, she also enjoys practicing violin and reading
Maggie Bai
The University of Chicago Laboratory Schools in Chicago, IL
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Hi everyone! My name is Maggie, and I am currently on the MAA4G team! I have had a passion for STEM since an early age, and I have since then participated in MathCOUNTS, the AMC series, AIME, and more. I also love computer science, and participated in ACSL, and USACO. Other than these competitions, I enjoy playing piano and viola! I hope to close the gender gap in STEM, hence why I decided to join and stay in the MAA4G competition team!
Olivia Ahn
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Chinmayi Goyal
Yorktown High School
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Chinmayi is a sophomore at Yorktown High School in New York. She is very passionate about math and science, and has competed in various competitions such as the USAJMO, Math Prize for Girls, and has won in the top ten in the Harvard-MIT Math Tournament and Yale Girls in Math. Outside of math, she enjoys playing her clarinet, writing, and is an editor of her school’s newspaper. She is also an active member of her school’s Science Olympiad and has won multiple gold medals at the regional and state level. She enjoys teaching competition math in her local math circle, and is passionate about empowering girls.
Alicia Li
Horace Mann School
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Alicia Li is a 9th grader at the Horace Mann School. She participated in the Math and AI for Girls 2022 Competition. Besides doing math, she also enjoys practicing violin and reading
Maggie Bai
The University of Chicago Laboratory Schools in Chicago, IL
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Hi everyone! My name is Maggie, and I am currently on the MAA4G team! I have had a passion for STEM since an early age, and I have since then participated in MathCOUNTS, the AMC series, AIME, and more. I also love computer science, and participated in ACSL, and USACO. Other than these competitions, I enjoy playing piano and viola! I hope to close the gender gap in STEM, hence why I decided to join and stay in the MAA4G competition team!
Snigtha Mohanraj
The Engineering and Science University Magnet School Connecticut
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I have had a passion for STEM since a young age, and I am specifically very passionate about scientific research and have been conducting independent research projects regarding water quality for several years. I am also a climate activist within my community and work with several climate groups.
Yunseo Ha
Alabama School of Math and Science
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Hello! My name is Yunseo (I go by Yun) and I am a sophomore attending the Alabama School of Math and Science. Anything relating to math, physics, engineering, fascinated me, and I also love to tinker with Arduinos and making CAD models! I am passionate about inclusivity in diversity in STEM, which is why I am so happy to be a part of the MAA4G team. Some of my other hobbies include playing the guitar and chess!