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Zoom
Zoom
San Diego, California, 92122
United States

Akshita Goswami

Second-year Cognitive Science Student

Akshita is a second-year student majoring in Cognitive Science. She was born and raised in India before shifting to the US with her family. Akshita is deeply passionate about public speaking and social justice work. Akshita will be talking about how we can deal with self-consciousness and doubt by sharing her own experiences with public speaking and learning to empower herself with positive thoughts.

Jessa Ponce

Second-year Psychology student

Born and raised in San Diego, Jessa is a second-year student who studies Psychology at UCSD. She is passionate about self development. On the side she enjoys video games, solving puzzles, and writing about her story for her self-growth page. Jessa will be talking about how to overcome our insecurities and transform it into confidence.

Sanjana (Sanji) Sai

Third-year International Business Student

Sanji is a 3rd year in the Class of 2023. She is a major in International Business with a minor in Music. Sanji has grown up in Illinois, moved to North Carolina, and has now made it to the west coast here in sunny San Diego; she plans on living in all the different regions of the US at some point of her life! She is involved in the music industry and hopes to pursue a career with music marketing and design. Sanji will be talking about variations on the word “identity” and how to gain clarity on becoming the best versions of ourselves.

Sharon Roth

Third-year Chemistry student

Sharon is a third-year chemistry major. She is a chemistry tutor and because of that, she spends a lot of time thinking about how students process new concepts and the best ways to support people's learning. In her free time, she likes to work on art such as painting, journaling, making silly graphics on Photoshop, and tries not to kill her 3 plants named after Jane Austen characters. Sharon will be talking about how we can develop a natural curiosity for learning outside the classroom and encourage other students to overcome the doubt of pursuing things they are interested in.