Shubhayu Bhattacharyay was born in Kolkata, India and spent his early childhood in Thailand and Vietnam before settling in the South Bay of Los Angeles. Over long-distance phone calls and on the...
Shyam Kiran Akula was born in Arcadia, California to Maya and Rao Akula, immigrants originally from India who fell in love in Kuwait, but were forced to leave in 1990 due to the Gulf War. Leaving...
Shyamala Ramakrishna was born in New York to parents of Tamil heritage from India. Her mother and grandmother, both classical Carnatic musicians, taught her singing. By the age of four she was...
Siddharth Mohandas is Director of Research and a Principal at The Asia Group. Previously, Dr. Mohandas was Principal Deputy Director of the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff. In this role,...
Silvia Huerta Lopez spent her early childhood living in the rural countryside of El Zapote de Cuendeo in Michoacan, Mexico. Poverty and the lack of medical infrastructure made access to care and...
SINA KEVIN NAZEMI is the Co-founder of Charlie.com Kevin was born in Tehran, Iran and came to the US with his parents when he was five. They are all naturalized citizens; his parents live near...
SINA KIAN is Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel at Aleo, a company that is building a decentralized blockchain with significantly enhanced data security and privacy capabilities. He is also...
Raised in the Bay Area, Sita Chandrasekaran is the daughter of Indian immigrants. As a child, Sita’s parents encouraged her connection to her roots, and she grew up learning classical South Indian...
Born in Hefei, China, Sitan Chen was one year old when his family immigrated to Canada so his father could complete his doctorate at the University of Toronto. They moved to Suwanee, Georgia, in the...
Eran Hodis Born in Haifa, Eran Hodis (2016 Fellow) is the son of Israeli immigrants. When his father’s employer offered relocation to the United States, his parents jumped at the chance to pursue...