ARIANE AKAYEZU

• Evaluated and provided feedback on innovative business concepts and projects presented by high school students in an entrepreneurship competition. Collaborated with the Salesforce team to assess project viability, creativity, and overall business potential. Contributed to fostering the next generation of entrepreneurs through constructive evaluation and mentorship."

• Integrated Engineering principles to remodel the podoscope device at Shriner's Children's Hospital to improve the detection of foot deformities of patients and easy use by the clinic assistants

Lead a group through an intensive Leadership Program that aims to equip learners with leadership skills at Gashora Girls Academy.

• Participated in a 6-week summer program, collaborating with global peers on research projects related to scientific data processing and Python-based visualization.
• Worked with a CIERA post-doctoral researcher on a gravitational wave sonification project, studying compact binary mergers.
• Invited to attend MODEST-23, an international astronomy conference at Northwestern University.

• Collaborated with Miss Hall's School in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, as one of 10 Gashora Girls on a two-year citizenship project addressing teenage pregnancies in the Nyabagendwa Community
• Designed an educational booklet on sexual reproductive health to raise awareness and empower underserved girls in Rwanda

• Engaged in an immersive mathematics program at AIMS, cultivating in-depth problem-solving skills
• Mastered mathematical concepts and problem-solving algorithms spanning Trigonometry, Geometry and Calculus

• Chosen as a representative of Rwanda high school students at a climate change summit
• Assessed the environmental impact of development with a focus on Kigali's green initiative

• Acquired coding skills and gained intense exposure to digital technology by attending a girls' coding camp