Anya B. (IN A NUTSHELL)
Hi! My name is Anya Bulchandani, and I am a sophomore from New York City studying Mathematical Computational Sciences and History at Stanford University.
In high school, I was always on the creative side of things. I did two musicals and one play each year, in addition to art classes and choir! My senior year was undoubtedly my favorite, because I got to direct Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew. In our production, my co-directors and I decided to switch the genders of Kate and Petruchio to add a level of clear absurdity to the egregious gender dynamics. I had wanted to direct since eighth grade, and it was the perfect way to culminate my high school experience.
Besides the creative outlets, I spent much of my time working at the Taub Institute at Columbia researching Alzheimers and traumatic brain injury. I worked here for three summers running gels and working on project proposals. At school, I was the managing editor of our newspaper, the Trinity Times, which meant I was the point person for turning out monthly issues from a google drive folder into a physical copy.
In college, I would say my interests are very similar, but present differently. I am the financial officer and soprano lead of my acapella group which sings soul, funk, and R&B. Outside of acapella rehearsal, I am a part of a sketch comedy group that tutors second graders in creative writing, then writes and performs a sketch comedy show based on their stories! This year, I plan on initiating a research project through the Cyber Policy Institute about the most effective ways to regulate Artificial Intelligence at a federal level.
As these past few paragraphs may have illuminated (my profile as well), I wouldn’t say I have very streamlined interest both as a student or as a creative. All I know is I love to think about how things relate to one another, and I love to create. I can promise that as a mentor, I will cater to every one of your child's interests in order to engage them through as many angles as possible. I believe education should begin from the self, and I want your child to feel like all of their accomplishments are personal to them, and stem intrinsically from their core.
