Our Alumnae

Jenny Xu 🇺🇸

CEO and Founder, Talofa | CS, MIT

Jenny Xu is a Forbes 30 Under 30: Games recipient and CEO of Talofa Games. She's also previously worked at Google, N3TWORK, and EA.

Victory Yinka-Banjo 🇳🇬

Machine Learning Researcher, MIT | CS & Molecular Biology, MIT

Originally from Nigeria, Victory is a student and researcher at MIT whose technology interest was sparked by Technovation in 2018. She aspires to focus on Computational Biology and/or AI applications in graduate school.

Giovanna Romero 🇲🇽

Founder, Elena Sustainabilty | Rockwell Automation Intern & former Harvard Medical School Research Trainee

Co-founder & Software Developer, GjejZa | CS & Robotics Student, UPenn

As a Technovation student, Dea developed, co-founded, and launched GjejZa to address gender-based violence in her home of Tirana, Albania. She is currently pursuing computer science and robotics at University of Pennsylvania.

Aruzhan Koshkarova 🇰🇿

Co-Founder, QamCare | Breakthrough Tech AI Fellow, MIT | Software Engineer at Morgan Stanley

Aruzhan has graduate with degree in Computer Science and Data Science and currently is developing social projects including QamCare and Lumeos.

Emma Yang 🇺🇸

Founder, Timeless | CS & Physics, Harvard

Timeless has been featured in media worldwide including Fast Company, BBC, and CBS. Emma frequently speaks in national and international forums, such as TEDxFoggyBottom, Talks at Google, the Global Education and Skills Forum in Dubai, and Women Who Code.

Prerana Manoj 🇨🇦

Research Intern, Ontario Tech U

Still a high school student, Prerana's passion for technology as a means of helping people has led to her recognition among Canada's Top 100 Most Powerful Women by WXN and Dragon's Den Deal Winner 2021.

Spurti Nimbali 🇮🇳

Founder, Abled Learning Foundation | Student, Stanford University

Originally from India, Spurti is founder of Abled Learning Foundation, Rhodes Trust Rise Global Winner &, IBM SkillsBuild Student Ambassador, and a student at Stanford University with interests in AI and quantum computing.

Aniedu Sifon Peace 🇳🇬

Founder, The Wellwoman Initiative | Nurse | Writer | SDG 3, 4 & 5 Advocate

Peace is a passionate advocate for women’s empowerment and gender quality, and Founder of The Wellwoman Initiative. She is also a McKinsey Forward Fellow and Vice President of the National Association of Nigeria Student Nurses and Midwives.

Sidney Hough 🇺🇸

Co-Founder, Chord | CS, Stanford

Sidney founded Chord, a venture-backed startup acquired by Newsweek. She's currently thinking about engineering and policy problems pertaining to solar geoengineering.

Sabrina Atwiine 🇺🇬

Founder, Nimarungi | UN Speaker

Sabrina is a UN Speaker, Lawyer, and Founder/CEO of NIMARUNGI which harnesses the power of data to eradicate education inequality, increase student resilience and ease transitions from school to work.

Daria Tabunshchyk 🇺🇦

Director, YCO Svit | Master Student, TU Ilmenau

Daria has participated in Technovation since 2017 and mentored a team of fellow Ukrainian refugees to found an organization and develop apps to support refugees. Her team was awarded the International Children’s Peace Prize in 2023. Most recently, she completed an internship at FactSet.