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.
​
Interested in becoming a WiDS Ambassador? 

Learn More

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

 

---

WiDS Ambassadors in Africa

Amira Yassin, Cairo, Egypt

Carol Muchemi, Nairobi, Kenya

Firdaus Ali, Kano, Nigeria

Hadeer Ahmed, Cairo, Egypt

Heba Ahmed, Cairo, Egypt

Mahadia Tunga, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Millicent Ochieng, Nairobi, Kenya

Philomena Githiri, Nairobi, Kenya

Qamar un Nisa, Lagos, Nigeria

Raghda Osama, Cairo, Egypt

Teresia Muiruri, Nairobi, Kenya

 

---

WiDS Ambassadors in Asia 

Barkha Jain, Pimpri-Chinchwad, India

Dinesh Kumar Unni Krishnan, Bangalore, India

Dipti Kumari, Delhi, India

Drishti Jain, Pimpri-Chinchwad, India

Fatima Khan, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Harini Anand, Bangalore, India

Harini Thammaiah, Bangalore, India

Jia-Ying Lin, Taipei City, Taiwan

Lama Moussawi, Beirut, Lebanon

Lina Daouk-Öyry, Beirut, Lebanon

Mahathi Parvatham, Hyderabad, India

Manisha Panta, Kathmandu, Nepal

Mariette Awad, Beirut, Lebanon

Meena S Maralappanavar, Hubballi, India

Ruqiya Bin Safi, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Shailaja Grover, Bangalore, India

Srujana Kaddevarmuth, Bangalore, India

Sucheta Dhere, Pune, India

Sujatha C. Uma, Hubballi, India

Sulakshana Sreeram, Hyderabad, India

Tanzila Saba, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Usha Rengaraju, Mysuru, India

Utpal Patel, Ahmedabad, India

Yoko Ono, Tokyo, Japan

Dr. Zaher Al-Sai, Amman, Jordan

 

---

WiDS Ambassadors in Europe

Aine Lenihan, Dublin, Ireland

Alexandra Gunderson, Oslo, Norway

Anita Kloss-Brandstaetter, Villach, Austria

Antonina Danylenko, Stockholm, Sweden

Brigita Bizjak, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Carmen De-Pablos-Heredero, Madrid, Spain

Catriona Mitchison, Geneva, Switzerland

Chinazor Vivian Kalu, West Midland, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Clara Lapiedra, Barcelona and Madrid, Spain

Cristina Gil Rey, Coruña, Spain

Daniela Ackermann-Piek, Mannheim, Germany

Florian Hatt, Geneva, Switzerland

Galina Esther Shubina, Stockholm, Sweden

Hazel Wat, Mannheim, Germany

Konstadinos Kutsikos, Athens, Greece

Léna Carel, Geneva, Switzerland

Maike Stern, Regensburg, Germany

Mariana Ungureanu, Bucharest, Romania

Melissa Torgbi, London, United Kingdom

Mirela Popa, Maastricht, Netherlands

Mónica De-Pablos-Heredero, Madrid, Spain

Monique Ferreira, London, United Kingdom

Muniba Talha, Copenhagen, Denmark

Olivia Pfeiler, Villach, Austria

Orsolya Vasarhelyi, Budapest, Hungary

Özlem Doger-Herter, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany

Rebecka Jacobsson, Stockholm, Sweden

Roos Rooijakkers, Eindhoven, Netherlands

Sahar Asadi, Stockholm, Sweden

Sofie Goethals, Antwerp, Belgium

Tatjana Kecojevic, Belgrade, Serbia

Tayyaba Malik, Copenhagen, Denmark

Valentina Đorđević, Belgrade, Serbia

Visara Urovi, Maastricht, Netherlands

Yanou Ramon, Antwerp, Belgium

Yara Jubran, Durham, United Kingdom

 

---

WiDS Ambassadors in North America

Adriana Picoral, Tucson, AZ, USA

Analisa Flores, Riverside, CA, USA

Apoorva Nitsure, New York, NY, USA

Catalina Arango, Miami, FL, USA

Cathy Chute, Cambridge, MA, USA

Daniel Eilen, Orlando, FL, USA

Dhwani Killawala, Fremont, CA, USA

Eliana Valenzuela Andrade, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Dr. Elke Rundensteiner, Worcester, MA, USA

Erin Stanton, New York City, NY, USA

Fatima Oliva, Guanajuato, Mexico

Geri Dimas, Worcester, MA, USA

Dr. Haibing Lu, Santa Clara, CA, USA

Hanane Mirza, San Antonio, TX, USA

Ivete Sanchez-Bravo, Guanajuato, Mexico

Dr. Jamie Fairclough, Las Vegas, NV, USA

Jayeeta Putatunda, New York, NY, USA

Jessica Dunn, Charlotte, NC, USA

Jo Hardin, Claremont, CA, USA

Joyce Fu, Riverside, CA, USA

Juhua Hu, Tacoma, WA, USA

Kallie Ziltz, Bethlehem, PA, USA

Kathleen Cachel, Worcester, MA, USA

Kelsey Briggs, Worcester, MA, USA

Lama Moukheiber, Boston, MA, USA

Laura Curiel, Calgary, Canada

Leticia Ramirez, Guanajuato, Mexico

Linda Brewster Meffert, San Antonio, TX, USA

Lissette Melendez-Carrasco, Miami, FL, USA

Lydia Brothers, San Antonio, TX, USA

Maddie Lasser, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Madlen Ivanova, Charlotte, NC, USA

Manisha Goel, Claremont, CA, USA

Mariam Salloum, Riverside, CA, USA

Mariana Bento, Calgary, Canada

Marie Lluberes Contreras, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Marisa Torres, Livermore, CA, USA

Michelle Zemel, Claremont, CA, USA

Nishrin Kachwala, Mountain View, CA, USA

Nosaiba Dar Mousa, New York, NY, USA

Patricia Ordóñez Franco, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Phoebe Ly, Riverside, CA, USA

Pragathi Kotha Venkata, Durham, NC, USA

Samaya Madhavan, Dallas, TX, USA

Sandhya Nayak, New York, NY, USA

Sandra Garza Almazan, Monterrey, Mexico

Taida Buljina-Prohic, New York, NY, USA

Vanishri Murali, New York, NY, USA

Varsha Ananth, Cambridge, MA, USA

Vinya Somayajula, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Wandaliz Torres García, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Xiang Li, Santa Clara, CA, USA

Xiaojing Dong, Santa Clara, CA, USA

Z. Maria Wang, Boston, MA, USA

 

---

WiDS Ambassadors in Oceana

Bianca Hartge-Hazelman, Byron Bay, Australia

Kate Kolich, Wellington, New Zealand

Maria Prokofieva, Melbourne, Australia

Dr. Nokuthaba Sibanda, Wellington, New Zealand

 

---

WiDS Ambassadors in South America

Abigail Geronimo, Cochabamba, Bolivia

Beatriz Arioli, São Paulo, Brazil

Benjamin Lopez, Managua, Nicaragua

Emylle Chrystinne da Silva Euzébio, Maceió, Brazil

Fabia Carvalho, São Paulo, Brazil

Jaione Tirapu Azpiroz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Julia Harnisch, São Paulo, Brazil

Kimberly Villegas Jiménez, San José, Costa Rica

Kisha López Valverde, San José, Costa Rica

Laura Gutierrez, Managua, Nicaragua

Laura Andrea Orozco Ceron, Cali, Columbia

María Paula Castro Borbón, San José, Costa Rica

Mario Chong, Lima, Peru

Michelle Rodríguez, Lima, Peru

Natalia Raffo, Cali, Columbia

Nicole Vílchez Mejías, San José, Costa Rica

Renata Sousa, São Paulo, Brazil

Silvana Desiré Fuentes Borda, San José, Costa Rica

Sofía Ramírez, San José, Costa Rica

Verenice Belen G. Jimenez, Cochabamba, Bolivia

Yadira María Montero Rodríguez, Lima, Peru