Hi, my name is Misha Nivota. I live in Seattle, Washington and was born in May 2005.

I love hanging out with my friends and family, playing ultimate, dogs, writing poems and practicing Kuchipudi.

At school, I like STEM subjects and am very interested in contributing to greater women participation and leadership in science.

Experience
[2021-] Working as an intern for a technology startup helping with business data management

[2021-] Tutored 5th & 6th grade students in math through 425Tutoring

[2020] Teaching Assistant for 8th grade Science class at school

[2015-2021] Authored and published a book of poems about life experiences on Amazon

[2021-] Organized social and cultural activities as Lead Member of Asian-, Pacific Islander-, Desi-American club at school

[2019-] Coached 8 junior Indian classical dancers at PCIPA

Represented school in Washington state-level competitions in FRC robotics competition

Independent Study
Currently completing an independent project about application of machine learning in neural interfaces with Polygence

Currently completing an Independent Study on machine learning for prosthetics at school

Presented a video lectures on robotics in surgery, effect of genetics on drug addiction, and forensic science to my Advanced Biology class of nearly 20 students and faculty

Authored programs and ML models in Python, JavaScript, and Java in GitHub    

Poetry
Published poetry covering a wide range of topics for last 10 years