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WiDS 2022 Ambassadors

WiDS Ambassadors plan an event in their area that coincides with the Women in Data Science (WiDS) Worldwide Conference. They are in their regions supporting women who are currently
​in the field and ​inspiring other women to become data scientists.
Meet our WiDS Ambassador Advisory Council
​
Applications to become a WiDS Ambassador are closed for 2022. Register here to be notified when we open applications for 2023.

WiDS Africa Ambassadors
WiDS Asia Ambassadors
WiDS Europe Ambassadors
WiDS North America Ambassadors
​WiDS Oceana Ambassadors
WiDS South America Ambassadors
 

WiDS Ambassadors in Africa

Ahmed Ali Attaoui, Rabat, Morocco
Amira Yassin, Cairo, Egypt
Carol Muchemi, Nairobi, Kenya
Chihab Makkoudi, Rabat, Morocco
Damilare Bamidele, Akure, Nigeria
Ehsan Shams, Alexandria, Egypt
Elodie Aka, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivorie
Hadeer Ahmed, Cairo, Egypt
Hamza Chafkan, Rabat, Morocco
Heba Ahmed, Cairo, Egypt
Kadidja Berte, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivorie
Khalil Jemghili, Rabat, Morocco
Mahadia Tunga, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Millicent Ochieng, Nairobi, Kenya
Nassim Zaari, Rabat, Morocco
Paballo Chauke, Cape Town, South Africa
Philomena Githiri, Nairobi, Kenya
Raghda Osama, Cairo, Egypt
Sonal Henson, Nairobi, Kenya
Temitope Adeniyi, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Teresia Muiruri, Nairobi, Kenya
Yassine Karmouni, Rabat, Morocco
 

WiDS Ambassadors in Asia 

Aarthi Kumar, Chennai, India
Abeer Haroon, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Abhinanda Roy, Bangalore, India
Abinaya Rajeshkannan, Singapore, Singapore
Adnan Zaidi, Karachi, Pakistan
Anca Bocanet, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Anita Nandi, Mumbai, India
Areej Al-Wabil, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Aya Tokura, Tokyo, Japan
Barkha Jain, Pimpri-Chinchwad, India
Binu Midhun, Bengaluru, India
Dinesh Kumar Unni Krishnan, Bangalore, India
Dipti Kumari, Delhi, India
Drishti Jain, Pimpri-Chinchwad, India
Duha AlSanad, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Dulari Bhatt, Ahmedabad, India
Eshrag Refaee, Jazan, Saudi Arabia
Fatima Khan, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Ganesh Shelke, Mumbai & Kerala, India
Hadeel Alluhaydan, Sakaka Aljouf, Saudi Arabia
Harini Anand, Bangalore, India
Harini Thammaiah, Bangalore, India
Hayat Alghamdi, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Hind Zantout, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Jia-Ying Lin, Taipei City, Taiwan
Julian Joseph, Mumbai & Kerala, India
Karthika Kamath, Mumbai & Kerala, India
Kholoud Khateeb, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Kyoko Nishito, Tokyo, Japan
Lama Moussawi, Beirut, Lebanon
Lina Daouk-Öyry, Beirut, Lebanon
Manisha Panta, Kathmandu, Nepal
Mariam Torosyan, Gyumri, Armenia
Mariette Awad, Beirut, Lebanon
Marino Yamamoto, Kagawa prefecture, Japan
Meena S Maralappanavar, Hubballi, India
Noah Eyal Altman, Tel Aviv, Israel
Noriko Katoh, Tokyo, Japan
Or Basson, Tel Aviv, Israel
Prashana Goyal, Mumbai & Kerala, India
Raghad Zarei, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Ruixi Tian, Beijing, China
Ruqiya Bin Safi, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Ruthu Rooparaghunath, Sonepat, India
Sadaf Sayyad, Bangalore, India
Salva Umar, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Sameh Ben Fredj, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Savvy Jain, Indore, India
Shailaja Grover, Bangalore, India
Shir Meir Lador, Tel Aviv, Israel
Shraddha Joshi, Mumbai, India
Soumya Jain, Bangalore, India
Sravyasri Garapati, Bangalore, India
Srujana Kaddevarmuth, Bangalore, India
Sucheta Dhere, Pune, India
Sujatha C. Uma, Hubballi, India
Sukanya Bakshi, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Sulakshana Sreeram, Hyderabad, India
Sumin Lee, Seoul, South Korea
Tanzila Saba, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Usha Rengaraju, Mysuru, India
Utpal Patel, Ahmedabad, India
Varuni H.K., Bangalore, India
Vidhi Chugh, Bengaluru, India
Vriddhi Shetty, Singapore, Singapore
Yoko Ono, Tokyo, Japan
Yukiko Kan, Hiroshima, Japan
Yunxi Tang, Beijing, China
Dr. Zaher Al-Sai, Amman, Jordan
Ziyue Wang, Beijing, China
 

WiDS Ambassadors in Europe

Aine Lenihan, Dublin, Ireland
Alexandra Alfille, London, United Kingdom
Alexandra Gunderson, Oslo, Norway
Anastasia Taranova, Zurich, Switzerland
Anda Ariana Niță, Timișoara, Romania
Andrea Natalia Naranjo Chávez, Valencia, Spain
Anita Kloss-Brandstaetter, Villach, Austria
Anna Vysotskaya, Moscow, Russia
Dr. des. Anne-Sophie Waag, Mannheim, Germany
Antonina Danylenko, Stockholm, Sweden
Aysenur Bilgin, London, United Kingdom
Brigita Bizjak, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Camille Nigon, Zurich, Switzerland
Camilla Nieman, London, United Kingdom
Carmen De-Pablos-Heredero, Madrid, Spain
Catriona Mitchison, Geneva, Switzerland
Chang Sun, Maastricht, Netherlands
Chinazor Vivian Kalu, West Midland, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Clara Lapiedra, Barcelona and Madrid, Spain
Cristina Gil Rey, Coruña, Spain
Daniela Ackermann-Piek, Mannheim, Germany
Eva Vandaele, Zurich, Switzerland
Flavia Bonelli, Zurich, Switzerland
Florian Hatt, Geneva, Switzerland
Franziska Nestler, Chemnitz, Germany
Galina Esther Shubina, Stockholm, Sweden
Georgia Kouyialis, London, United Kingdom
Hannah Sperling, Walldorf, Germany
Hazel Wat, Mannheim, Germany
Isidora Gataric, Novi Sad, Serbia
Iulia Feroli, London, United Kingdom
Julia Hoerner, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Karina Gibert, Barcelona, Spain
Katy Wolstencroft, Leiden, Netherlands
Léna Carel, Geneva, Switzerland
Liza Margueritte, Paris, France
Dr. Lu Cao, Leiden, Netherlands
Maike Stern, Regensburg, Germany
Mariana Ungureanu, Bucharest, Romania
Mariia Belaia, Zürich, Switzerland
Mariia Dobrynina, Zurich, Switzerland
Marina Bischof, Zürich, Switzerland
Marisabel Gonzalez Ocanto, Mannheim, Germany
Marjana Skenduli, Tirana, Albania
Marta Hernández Ruiz, Valencia, Spain
Martina Sciola, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Dr. Meike Bohnefeld, Mannheim, Germany
Melissa Torgbi, London, United Kingdom
Mirela Popa, Maastricht, Netherlands
Mónica De-Pablos-Heredero, Madrid, Spain
Monique Ferreira, London, United Kingdom
Muniba Talha, Copenhagen, Denmark
Myriam Fayad, Paris, France
Nina Birarda, London, United Kingdom
Núria Castell Ariño, Barcelona, Spain
Olivia Pfeiler, Villach, Austria
Özlem Doger-Herter, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany
Paula Petrone, Barcelona, Spain
Profira Rusu, Zurich, Switzerland
Rebecka Jacobsson, Stockholm, Sweden
Roos Rooijakkers, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Rose Wijnberg, London, United Kingdom
Sahar Asadi, Stockholm, Sweden
Samia Jnini, Paris, France
Selsabil Gaied, Paris, France
Sera Giz Ozel, Durham, United Kingdom
Serena Yuen, London, United Kingdom
Silvia Fierascu, Timisoara, Romania
Silvina Catuara Solarz, Barcelona, Spain
Simone Larsson, London, United Kingdom
Simone Schaub, Zürich, Switzerland
Sofie Goethals, Antwerp, Belgium
Sumakshi Chauhan, London, United Kingdom
Sumedha Menon, London, United Kingdom
Tatjana Kecojevic, Belgrade, Serbia
Tayyaba Malik, Copenhagen, Denmark
Teodora Nan, Timisoara, Romania
Tessa van Basten Batenburg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Theresa Wagner, Chemnitz, Germany
Valentina Đorđević, Belgrade, Serbia
Valentine Reltien, London, United Kingdom
Visara Urovi, Maastricht, Netherlands
Yanou Ramon, Antwerp, Belgium
Yuka Abe, London, United Kingdom
 

WiDS Ambassadors in North America

Abby Smith, Chicago, IL, USA
Adithya Kulkarni, Ames, IA, USA
Adriana Picoral, Tucson, AZ, USA
Alicia Tsai, Berkeley, CA, USA
Amanda Milberg, New York City, NY, USA
Analisa Flores, Riverside, CA, USA
Andrea Bazán Polanco, México City, Mexico
Andrea Flynn, San Diego, CA, USA
Andrea Yoder, San Diego, CA, USA
Angela Patterson, Blacksburg, VA, USA
Apoorva Nitsure, New York, NY, USA
Ariel Opelt, Seattle, WA, USA
Arthy Krishnamurthy, New York City, NY, USA
Arushi Jain, Cambridge, MA, USA
Ben Ling, Vancouver, Canada
Bethany McGowan, West Lafayette, IN, USA
Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham, Richardson, TX, USA
Brianne Boldrin, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
Caryn Woodruff, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
Cassie Chuljian, New York City, NY, USA
Catalina Arango, Miami, FL, USA
Catherine Kay Magsino, Seattle, WA, USA
Cathy Chute, Cambridge, MA, USA
Celine Liu, Vancouver, Canada
Christian McIntire, New York, NY, USA
Cindy Gonzales, Livermore, CA, USA
Daniel Eilen, Orlando, FL, USA
Dhwani Killawala, Fremont, CA, USA
Donna LaLonde, Washington D.C., USA
Doris Schioberg, Berkeley, CA, USA
Duong Vu, Vancouver, Canada
Eliana Valenzuela Andrade, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Dr. Elke Rundensteiner, Worcester, MA, USA
Ellsa Kunz, Seattle, WA, USA
Erin Stanton, New York City, NY, USA
Eshita Zaman, Ames, IA, USA
Fateme Fotouhi, Ames, IA, USA
Fatima Oliva, Guanajuato, Mexico
Forough Ghahramani, Princeton, NJ, USA
Frances Zhu, Honolulu, HI, USA
Geri Dimas, Worcester, MA, USA
Dr. Haibing Lu, Santa Clara, CA, USA
Hajar Falih, Québec City, Canada
Hanane Mirza, San Antonio, TX, USA
Haniyeh Fekrmandi, Ames, IA, USA
Ivana Milovanovic, Seattle, WA, USA
Ivete Sanchez-Bravo, Guanajuato, Mexico
Jacqueline Kuo, New York City, NY, USA
Dr. Jamie Fairclough, Las Vegas, NV, USA
Janvi Subramanyan, Los Altos, CA, USA
Jasmine Zou, Vancouver, Canada
Jenny Lundberg, Silicon Valley, CA, USA
Jeny De Figueiredo, Seattle, WA, USA
Jessica Dunn, Charlotte, NC, USA
Jidhnyasa Mahajan, Milpitas, CA, USA
Jo Hardin, Claremont, CA, USA
Joyce Fu, Riverside, CA, USA
Juhua Hu, Tacoma, WA, USA
June Zhang, Honolulu, HI, USA
Kathleen Cachel, Worcester, MA, USA
Kelly Rowland, Berkeley, CA, USA
Kelly Stroh, Seattle, WA, USA
Kelsey Briggs, Worcester, MA, USA
Klaire Bielonko, Suffield, CT, USA
Kristin Mussar, Seattle, WA, USA
Laura Curiel, Calgary, Canada
Laura Tipton, Honolulu, HI, USA
Lauren DiPerna, New York City, NY, USA
Laurence Biron, Québec City, Canada
Leticia Ramirez, Guanajuato, Mexico
Linda Brewster Meffert, San Antonio, TX, USA
Lissette Melendez-Carrasco, Miami, FL, USA
Louvere Walker-Hannon, Boston, MA, USA
Lydia Brothers, San Antonio, TX, USA
Maddie Lasser, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Madlen Ivanova, Charlotte, NC, USA
Maleeha Koul, San Francisco, CA, USA
Manisha Goel, Claremont, CA, USA
Maria Alejandra Sanchez, New York City, NY, USA
Mariam Salloum, Riverside, CA, USA
Mariana Barreto, México City, Mexico
Mariana Bento, Calgary, Canada
Marie Lluberes Contreras, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Marisa Torres, Livermore, CA, USA
Martha Crosby, Honolulu, HI, USA
Mary Silva, Livermore, CA, USA
Melissa Chomintra, West Lafayette, IN, USA
Michelle Liloia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Michelle Zemel, Claremont, CA, USA
Muskan Tantia, West Des Moines, IA, USA
Nasim Sabetpour, Ames, IA, USA
Natasha Mattson, Vancouver, Canada
Neha Sardesai, Natick, MA, USA
Nicole Schnabel, New York, NY, USA
Nicole Wang-Trexler, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Nishrin Kachwala, Mountain View, CA, USA
Nosaiba Dar Mousa, New York, NY, USA
Pamela Reynolds, Davis, CA, USA
Patricia Ordóñez Franco, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Phoebe Ly, Riverside, CA, USA
Pragathi Kotha Venkata, Durham, NC, USA
Rashmi Ketha, Ledgewood, NJ, USA
Rebecca Grollman, Seattle, WA, USA
Rebecca James, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
Renita Sudirga, Toronto, Canada
Ruixia Sandy Shi, San Diego, CA, USA
Sally Lawler Kennedy, Silicon Valley, CA, USA
Samar Deen, New York, NY, USA
Sandhya Nayak, New York, NY, USA
Sandra Garza Almazan, Monterrey, Mexico
Sara Song, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Serena Lan, New York City, NY, USA
Shivani Mudhol, Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Sibongile Touré, New York City, NY, USA
Simran Kota, Seattle, WA, USA
Sreeragini Ghantasala, Frisco, TX, USA
Srishti Mehra, Berkeley, CA, USA
Stacy Pawlovich, Detroit, MI, USA
Sukanya Aswini Dutta, Seattle, WA, USA
Sumon Biswas, Ames, IA, USA
Taida Buljina-Prohic, New York, NY, USA
Thanh Trúc Nguyễn, Honolulu, HI, USA
Usman Gohar, Ames, IA, USA
Valentina Peña-Vivas, New York City, NY, USA
Vanishri Murali, New York, NY, USA
Wandaliz Torres García, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Wendy Martinez, Washington D.C., USA
Xiang Li, Santa Clara, CA, USA
Xiaojing Dong, Santa Clara, CA, USA
 

WiDS Ambassadors in Oceana

Anvitha Vijay, Sydney, Australia
Bianca Hartge-Hazelman, Byron Bay, Australia
Charmaine McGowan, Canberra, Australia
Denisse Fierro Arcos, Hobart, Australia
Erika Duan, Canberra, Australia
Jade Carson, Canberra, Australia
Kate Helmstedt, Brisbane, Australia
Kate Kolich, Wellington, New Zealand
Lisa Craw, Hobart, Australia
Nicola MacLennan, Canberra, Australia
Dr. Nokuthaba Sibanda, Wellington, New Zealand
Tim Macuga, Brisbane, Australia
 

WiDS Ambassadors in South America

Abigail Geronimo, Cochabamba, Bolivia
Ana Gabriela Mendoza, Medellin, Colombia
Anabel Suárez, Medellin, Colombia
Beatriz Arioli, São Paulo, Brazil
Benjamin Lopez, Managua, Nicaragua
Carmen Vaca, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Catalina González, Medellin, Colombia
Claudia Queiruga, La Plata, Argentina
Cristina Abad Robalino, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Cristina Oliveira, Recife, Brazil
Daniela Giraldo Sarmiento, Medellin, Colombia
Deiry Sofía Navas, Medellin, Colombia
Elena Katiuska El Habil Mariño, Cuenca, Ecuador
Emylle Chrystinne da Silva Euzébio, Maceió, Brazil
Eunice Gálvez Nan, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Eva Pacajes Yujra, La Paz, Bolivia
Fabia Carvalho, São Paulo, Brazil
Fernanda Jurado Mantilla, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Gabriela Castro, Quito, Ecuador
Giselle Sabbagh Debernardi, Monterrey, Mexico
Gladys Carrillo Bastidas, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Ivo Saona, Lima, Peru
Jaione Tirapu Azpiroz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Joyce Sá, Recife, Brazil
Júlia Bijos, Salvador, Brazil
Julia Harnisch, São Paulo, Brazil
Júnia Ortiz, Salvador, Brazil
Karen Calva, Quito, Ecuador
Katerine Valencia, Medellin, Colombia
Kimberly Villegas Jiménez, San José, Costa Rica
Kisha González, San José, Costa Rica
Kisha López Valverde, San José, Costa Rica
Kryssia Elena Gómez Retana, San José, Costa Rica
Laura Gutierrez, Managua, Nicaragua
Laura López, Medellin, Colombia
Laura Andrea Orozco Ceron, Cali, Columbia
Linda Cabrera, Machala, Ecuador
Loreto Bravo, Santiago, Chile
Lucia Hario, Lima, Peru
Luiza Ribeiro, Recife, Brazil
Maitetxu Larraechea, Santiago, Chile
Maria Alejandra Burgos, Lima, Peru
Maria Valentina Ariza, Medellin, Colombia
María Isabel, Quito, Ecuador
María Camila Lenis, Medellin, Colombia
María José García Zattera, Santiago, Chile
María Julissa Maldonado Burgos, Guayaquil, Ecuador
María José Meneses, Medellin, Colombia
María Paula Castro Borbón, San José, Costa Rica
Mario Chong, Lima, Peru
Maris Botero, Medellin, Colombia
Martha Mamani, La Paz, Bolivia
Michelle Rodríguez, Lima, Peru
Monica Limachi, La Paz, Bolivia
Natalia Benítez, Medellin, Colombia
Natalia Raffo, Cali, Columbia
Nelci Gomes Lima, Salvador, Brazil
Nicole Vílchez Mejías, San José, Costa Rica
Oriana Galland, Montevideo, Uruguay
Patricia Acosta Vargas, Quito, Ecuador
Raquel Gómez, San José, Costa Rica
Renata Sousa, São Paulo, Brazil
Rina Plata, Medellin, Colombia
Sandy Atencio, Medellin, Colombia
Sharon Camacho, Medellin, Colombia
Silvana Desiré Fuentes Borda, San José, Costa Rica
Silvia Adriana Ramos, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sofía Martin, La Plata, Argentina
Sofía Ramírez, San José, Costa Rica
Stephanie Galvão, Salvador, Brazil
Suzana de Lima, Salvador, Brazil
Valentina Sánchez, Medellin, Colombia
Vanessa Echeverria, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Verenice Belen G. Jimenez, Cochabamba, Bolivia
Virginia Robano, Montevideo, Uruguay
Yadira María Montero Rodríguez, Lima, Peru

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