Cal alumnae Khushi Malde (’22, Data Science/Business Administration) and Sharon Lee (’22, Electrical Engineering/Computer Science) have been selected to join the 2024 cohort of the Knight-Hennessy Scholars at Stanford University, a program that financially supports up to three years of graduate study at Stanford for 100 high-achieving students from around the world with demonstrated leadership and civic commitment.
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Khushi is interested in using technology to promote experiential learning among middle and high school students. She is passionate about creating student-centric learning environments that allow students to discover what they are truly passionate about. Khushi heads the growth team at Lumiere Education, working to make high-quality research opportunities more accessible for high school students across the globe. She has helped expand these opportunities to 60+ countries. Born and raised in Kenya, Khushi also runs a non-profit organization – Technology and Entrepreneurship Ladder Inc – through which she provides entrepreneurship education to high school students in Sub-Saharan Africa. At Berkeley, she helped build the Data Scholars Program, was a leader in several student organizations (Jain Students Association, Entrepreneurs @ Berkeley etc), and also taught a DeCal on Modern Jainism. She is a recipient of the Education 2.0 Outstanding Leadership Award for her contributions in the education industry. As a Knight-Hennessy Scholar, she will be pursuing a Masters in Learning, Design and Technology at Stanford’s Graduate School of Education.
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