Young Professional Mentors

Instructions for mentees

Welcome! We are a group of young professionals, recent grads and PhD

students based in the U.S., and are so excited to offer you mentorship! In
exchange for 45 minutes to pick our brains about any topic of your
choosing, we are requesting for your voluntary donations to COVID relief
funds.

Donate to any COVID fund of your choice (this is a link to some suggested
options) and add a receipt to your payment when you sign up for
mentorship. If you absolutely can’t afford it, just let us know and we’ll still be
open to mentorship ❤️
We recognize not everyone is able to contribute, and trust that you will give if
you are able. We hope this as an opportunity to learn, as well as to be an ally
to communities around the world where the COVID battle is still not over.

Much love, and happy mentorship.

Instructions for mentors

Please include a photo and a Calendly link with 45 minute slots. DM

@anushri.kumar.31 on FB messenger to be added as a mentor.
Double-check for donation receipts whenever someone signs up . If someone
is absolutely unable to donate and still wants to sign up, we encourage
compassion, but ultimately leave the choice up to you :)
Mentor List

1. Anushri Kumar

Name Anushri Kumar

Mentorship Areas ● Grad school/undergrad

essays
● Product design
● Transitioning from
engineering to design
● Working in SG/Asia, vs
working in the Bay Area
● Culture on different U.S.
college campuses
 ● International student/visa
questions
● Women in STEM

School(s)/Company(ies) B.S. Engineering @ UC

Berkeley, IBM iX, M.S.
Human Computer
Interaction @ Georgia Tech,
Spin

Link to Calendly/Contact Info Reach out to me on Linkedin

(please include a note so I know
it’s from this page!)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/anus
hri-kumar/

2. Niharika Mathur
Name Niharika Mathur

Mentorship Areas ● Grad school application

● UX Research
● Transitioning from
CS/engineering to HCI
● Getting into HCI PhD
research and programs
● International student/visa
questions
● Healthcare Tech Research
● Women in STEM
● Georgia Tech and living in
Atlanta

School(s)/Company(ies) ● Incoming PhD student in

Human-Centered
Computing @ Georgia Tech.
● M.S. Human-Computer
Interaction @ Georgia Tech.
(2019-2021)
● B.Tech Computer Science
and Engineering @ VIT
Vellore, India. (2015-2019)

Link to Calendly/Contact Info I can be reached through any of

these ways -
- Calendly Meeting Scheduler
Choose a slot that works for you.
- LinkedIn
3. Arpit Mathur

Name Arpit Mathur

Mentorship Areas ● Grad school application

● UX Research, Design and
Engineering
● Transitioning from Design to
HCI
● Getting involved in academic
research/publications
● International student/visa
questions
● Data Visualization
 ● Ed-Tech
● HCI4D/ICT4D
● Front-end Development

School(s)/Company(ies) ● M.S. Human-Computer

Interaction @ Georgia Tech.
● B.Des Design @ IIT Guwahati
● Incoming UX Designer @
Mathworks

Link to Calendly/Contact Info https://calendly.com/arpitmathur

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4. Sonam Singh

Name Sonam Singh

Mentorship Areas ● Grad school
● Psychology
● Mental Health
● UX Research
● International students
● Studying in the US
● Work life balance

School(s)/Company(ies) BA (H) Psychology - University of

Delhi, 2014
MA Psychology - University of
Delhi, 2017
MS Human-Computer Interaction
- Georgia Tech, 2021

Link to Calendly/Contact Info Reach out to me at

[email protected] to
schedule the call

5. Varnit Jain
Name Varnit Jain

Mentorship Areas ● CS or HCI - “how to decide”

● UX Engineering
● Academic Research

School(s)/Company(ies) MS-HCI, Georgia Tech, 2021

BEng-CS, IIIT Delhi, 2019

Link to Calendly/Contact Info https://calendly.com/varnit

5. Ruchita Parmar

Name Ruchita Parmar

Mentorship Areas ● Grad school

application/Essays
● Transitioning from
CS/Engineering to HCI
● International student/visa
questions
● UX Research
● UX Design
● Coming to grad school
straight after undergrad

School(s)/Company(ies) MS in Human-Computer
Interaction - Georgia Tech,
2019-2021
 BE in Computer Engineering -
Mumbai University, 2015-2019

Link to Calendly/Contact Info Reach out to me at

[email protected] to schedule a
call

https://calendly.com/grace-barkhuff/coivd-relief
6. Grace Barkhuff

Name Grace Barkhuff

Mentorship Areas ● Product management

● Web accessibility
● Grad school after working

School(s)/Company(ies) MS in Human-Computer
 Interaction - Georgia Tech,
2020-2022

BA in Math and Music at Mt

Holyoke

Appian Product Manager

Link to Calendly/Contact Info Reach out to me at

[email protected] to
schedule a call

6. Courtney Sutter (Allen)

Name Courtney Sutter

Mentorship Areas ● UX Research

● Resume and portfolio
development (research and
design)
● HCI focus decision making
(where do I belong in HCI?)
 ● Physical prototyping
● Academic research
publications
○ Human-Robot
Interaction focus

School(s)/Company(ies) MS in Human-Computer
Interaction - Georgia Tech, 2018 -
2020

BS in Industrial Design - Georgia

Tech, 2013-2018

Contracter UX Researcher -
Facebook

Link to Calendly/Contact Info Reach out to me via linkedin -

https://www.linkedin.com/in/cour
tneystorm/

8. Arjun Mehta
Name Arjun Mehta

Mentorship Areas ● Startups, tech,

entrepreneurship
● Software Engineering -
career, interview prep
advice
● Bay Area/Silicon Valley
culture
● International student/visa
questions
● Applying to colleges in the
US & Europe

School(s)/Company(ies) B.S. Electrical Engineering

and Computer Science @ UC
Berkeley,
Software Engineer at various
companies including Plume
Design, Trifacta,
Incoming MBA Student at
ESADE

Link to Calendly/Contact Info Reach out to me via Linkedin:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/arju
n-m-mehta/

9. Jayanth Mohana Krishna

Name Jayanth Mohana Krishna

Mentorship Areas ● Grad school selection /

application
● Information about Georgia
Tech MSHCI
● IoT and Hardware UX
● Product Management
● Large corporations vs
Startups
● Transitioning as an
engineer, international
student or from a different
background
● Work-life balance and
mental health (during grad
school)
● Paid opportunities in school,
and landing jobs
School(s)/Company(ies) ● M.S. Human-Computer
Interaction @ Georgia Tech.
● Technical Solutions
Consultant, Google
● UX Product Manager, 11
Health

Contact Info https://linkedin.com/in/jayanthm

or [email protected] - contact
me to schedule some time

10. Anjali Devakumar

Name Anjali Devakumar

Mentorship Areas ● Grad school applications
(and transitioning from
undergrad directly into
grad school)
 ● UX Research (interview
Prep, Portfolio, Resume,
internships, about the
field)
○ Accessibility UX
Research
● Academic Research
Publications and
Conferences (ex: CHI)
○ My focus: Eating
Disorders and
Mental Health
● Moving to new cities
● Work-Life balance
● Teaching Assistantships

School(s)/Company(ies) UMass Amherst - BS Computer

Science, Psychology Minor -
2019

Georgia Tech - MS
Human-Computer Interaction -
2021

Incoming UX Researcher at
Chewy (Boston, MA)
Link to Calendly/Contact Info Message me on Linkedin to
schedule a time to meet (and
 mention that you found my
name from this page!)

LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/a
njali-devakumar/

11. Ngoc Tran

Name Ngoc Tran

Mentorship Areas ● Grad school (applications,

deciding between
schools/programs,
transitioning from
undergrad to grad)
● Pivoting from business to
UX/HCI
● UX Research
● Work-life balance

School(s)/Companies University of Cincinnati -

Marketing and Information
Systems, 2019
 Georgia Tech - MS Human
Computer Interaction, 2019-2021

Incoming UX Researcher at Viasat

(Carlsbad, CA)

Link to Calendly/Contact Info Reach out on LinkedIn and

mention you saw this page!

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tran
nc/

12. Stephanie Baione

Name Stephanie Baione

Mentorship Areas ● Grad school (applications,

transitioning from
undergrad to grad)
● Georgia Tech campus
culture, undergrad and grad
● Transitioning from and
 computer science to UX
● Balancing CS and UX
professionally
● UX Research
● Areas of interest/hobbies:
UX in educational
technologies and video
games

School(s)/Companies Georgia Tech - BS Computational

Media, 2019 (half computer science, half
liberal arts/visual design)

Georgia Tech - MS Human

Computer Interaction, 2021

Incoming UX Researcher at
Verizon Connect (Alpharetta, GA)

Link to Calendly/Contact Info Reach out on LinkedIn and

mention you saw this page!

https://www.linkedin.com/in/step
hanie-baione/