Meet the Team

Sahil Nawab 
Education: MEng Biomedical Engineering (WPI), BS Biochemistry and Professional Writing (WPI)
Academic writing experience: business writing, medical writing, visual rhetoric, application materials
Fun fact: I've worked on kid's books about marine biology (Jonathan Bird's Blue World)

Caitlin Kuzma (she/her/hers)
Year: MS student
Major: Industrial Engineering
Minor: Spanish
Other Academic Interests: Business, Writing
GPS: N/A
HUA Depth: Spanish
IQP: Upcoming: Thessaloniki, D‘21
Extracurriculars: Women's Ultimate Frisbee Team, VOX Musical Theatre, Masque
Hometown: Cornish, New Hampshire
Fun Facts: I went to New Zealand for two weeks in high school when my school's winter musical went on tour!

Annie Zimmerman (they/she) 
Year: Senior 
Major: Computer Science 
Minor: N/A 
Other Academic Interests: Poetry & Law 
IQP: London, D’23 
Extracurriculars: Outing Club 
Hometown: Fairfield, CT 
Fun Facts: You can almost always find me either (1) in the gym lifting weights or (2) in my kitchen chugging protein shakes!

Alexandra (Alex) Weiss (she/her/hers) 
Year: Sophomore 
Major (intended): Electrical and Computer Engineering 
Other Academic Interests: Renewable energy and energy sustainability 
HUA Depth: Spanish 
IQP: TBD 
Extracurriculars: Outing Club, Green Team, WECE, IEEE 
Hometown: Santa Cruz, CA 
Fun Facts: I love rock climbing, hiking, and cooking.  

Danielle Cook (she/her/hers)
Year: Junior
Major: Biomedical Engineering and Professional Writing
Minor: N/A
Other Academic Interests: Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering 
HUA Depth: Writing and Rhetoric
IQP: White Mountains, NH, A'23
Extracurriculars: BMES, SWE, ACS on Campus
Hometown: Coventry, RI
Fun Facts: I have a fraternal twin sister and a serious coffee addiction.

Kashish Gupta (she/her/hers)
Year: Junior
Major: Biomedical Engineering and Bioinformatics & Computational Biology 
Minor: N/A
Other Academic Interests: Professional Writing, 
HUA Depth: Writing & Rhetoric
IQP: TBD
Extracurriculars: Biomedical Engineering Society, Engineers Without Borders, Society of Martial Artists, Rangeela 
Hometown: Seattle, WA
Fun Facts: I love watching thunderstorms and will go outside to walk in the rain any chance I get. 

Janette Jerusal (she/her/hers)
Year: Senior
Major: Data Science
Minor: Management Information Systems
Other Academic Interests: Statistics, Writing
HUA Depth: Writing
IQP: India, D'22
Extracurriculars: MAPLE Labs, SGA, Data Science Club
Hometown: Chelmsford, MA
Fun Fact: I love going on walks!

Maya Liao (she/her/hers) 
Year: Senior  
Major: Data Science 
Minor: N/A 
Other Academic Interests: Database Systems and Financial Technology 
GPS: N/A 
HUA Depth: Literature and Writing Rhetoric 
IQP: Hangzhou Project site, but working on Hawaii project, B'22
Extracurriculars: SASE & Data Science Club 
Hometown: Honolulu, HI 
Fun Facts: I have a baby tortoise named 'Gyoza'

Madelyn Marcotte (she/her/hers) 
Year: Senior 
Major: Data Science 
Minor: N/A 
Other Academic Interests: Professional Writing, Computer Science 
GPS: Heal the World (A&B 2020) 
HUA Depth: Writing & Rhetoric 
IQP: Hawaii, C'23 
Extracurriculars: Data Science Council, Running Club, Outing Club 
Hometown: Jackson, NH 
Fun Facts: Last summer I spent two weeks camping on the West Coast in a Honda Civic with three other people

Caroline McLaughlin (she/her/hers)
Year: Senior
Major: Management Information Systems and Professional Writing
Minor: N/A
Other Academic Interests: Business analysis, technical writing
GPS: Ignorance is Not Bliss
HUA Depth: Writing & Rhetoric
IQP: Hawaii, C23
Extracurriculars: Alpha Phi, Business Student Advisory Council
Hometown: Amesbury, MA
Fun Facts: I've hiked half of New Hampshire's 48 4,000-ft mountains.

Kylie Doehring (she/her/hers)
Year: Senior
Major: Biochemistry
Minor: N/A
Other Academic Interests: Literature, Philosophy, Chemistry
HUA Depth: Philosophy
IQP: Hong Kong, C'23
Extracurriculars: Habitat for Humanity, Art Club
Hometown: Pepperell, MA
Fun Facts: I am obsessed with coconut ice cream.

Lauren Averka
Year: Senior
Major: Biomedical Engineering and Professional Writing
Minor: N/A
Other Academic Interests: Biomechanics
GPS: N/A
HUA Depth: Writing & Rhetoric 
IQP: Greece, D'23 
extracurriculars: Phi Sigma Sigma, Club tennis, SWE
Hometown: Sutton, MA

Arayah Remillard (she/her)
Year: Junior
Major: Computer Science 
IQP: White Mountains, NH, A'23
Hometown: Ludlow, MA
Fun fact: I'm allergic to cats but I can't help but adore them. I have one named Carlos!

Grace Yue 
Year: Junior 
Major: Computer Science 
Minor: N/A 
Other Academic Interests: Philosophy, Financial Technology, Linguistics, Psychology 
GPS: None 
HUA Depth: Writing & Rhetoric 
IQP: On campus, A'22-C'23
Extracurriculars: Tech News, Fencing Club, Psychology Society 
Hometown: Des Plaines, IL 
Fun Fact: I can recite 120 digits of pi. Aiming to memorize 314 digits in the near future. .

Elizabeth Papa (she/her/hers)
Year: Junior
Major: Interactive Media and Game Development (BA)
Minor: Computer Science
Other Academic Interests: My degree concentration is in writing.
GPS: N/A
HUA Depth: Writing & English
IQP: On campus, A'23-C'24
Extracurriculars: Creative Writing and Women in Computer Science
Hometown: Johnston RI
Fun facts: I earned my black belt when I was 13 years old after 8 years of experience in Karate.

Melica Zekavat (She/her/hers)

Year: Sophomore

Major: Data Science

Minor: Bioinformatics 

Other Academic Interests: Political Science 

GPS: N/A 

HUA Depth: Art

IQP:  Upcoming - Thessaloniki, Greece, D’25

Extracurriculars: Ketones A Capella

Hometown: Natick, MA

Fun Facts: I have 4 cats, I built a skateboard this summer, and I took piano lessons for 8 years.

Alyssa Morgan (she/her/hers)

Year: Senior

Major: Biomedical Engineering and Professional Writing

Minor: N/A

Other Academic Interests: Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering, Medical Devices

HUA Depth: Writing & Rhetoric

IQP: Hawaii C23

Extracurriculars: Chi Omega, Women's Club Ice Hockey, SWE, BMES

Hometown: Medford, MA

Fun Facts: I used to take guitar lessons in elementary school and am working on learning how to play again!