My Story
I was born in a military family, which meant moving every 2 years, I lived in over 20 cities / naval bases across India, making friends, picking up local tastes, and moving on.
At 12, I entered boarding school in the Himalayas, embarking on a six-year journey of self-discovery and deep friendships, where mountain treks became my escape, friends became family, and the school became my world.
I moved to New York City for college, starting in Finance at NYU before an internship rekindled an interest in Mathematics and led me to machine learning. I worked all 4 years of college in various part-time jobs - starting as a service-desk agent at NYU IT and ending as a Data Scientist in NYU nursing school.
I then took on full-time roles at IBM in their Chief Analytics Office developing ML models for IBM Cloud. Following my passion for e-commerce while building my mother's online store Incense Art Studio, I joined Shopify as a Data Scientist, working on ML models for Inventory distribution.
Following visa expiry in 2023, I returned to India after 7 years. Made the most of it, visiting 15+ cities, traveling to the edges of the country, and reconnecting with family and friends and building Quarkle with my high school friend.