Overview
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Elizabeth Nyamwange

Chapel Hill,NC

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

Founder and Developer

Etana
05.2021 - Current

[www.etana.us] Created device providing digital identification for women in low-infastructure environments. Partnered with Safaricom + Visa, with over 150k in funding.

Youth Advisor

United Nations
06.2022 - Current

Represents United States as the youngest education and equality advisor to the UN Secretary-General. Appointed as co-chair of UNESCO's gender innovation group. Lead committe on gender at the 2023 United Nations Social Forum and 77th General Assembly.

Judge and Mentor

MIT Solve
01.2023 - 12.2023

Mentor and judge for the 2023 gender equality in STEM challenge. Coached and helped selected 5 startup ventures to receive $1 million dollars in funding for solutions that advance gender equality in STEM education.

Digital Influencer

Social Media

Over 150,000 followers on Instagram, Tiktok and Youtube. Partnerships with CodeAcademy and HP. Content on computer science, and STEM.

Co-Founder

The Women's Association Of Scientific Innovation
11.2020 - Current

Co-Founded the youth-led UN partnered NPO that works to to address the science agenda missing women’s perspectives and contributions. Partnered with UNESCO and the Malala Fund.

Scholar

Research Science Institute
06.2022 - 08.2022

Conducted research at Harvard Medical School and Bingham and Women's Hospital under Dr. Aaron Kesselheim studying the social and demographic factors in adherence to antihypertensive medication in pregnancy.

Research Assistant

Northwestern University
08.2021 - 05.2022

Conducting computational epidemiology research under Dr. Kiarri Kershaw. Using Python and C++ to create computational stimulations of economic and social systems.

Project - Using agent-based computational modeling to stimulate the mechanical stress responses of economically vulnerable communities.

Student Research Assistant

Northwestern - Feinberg School Of Medicine
01.2021 - 09.2021

Conducted cognitive neuroscience research under Dr. Rodrigo Braga. Used neuroimaging and invasive techniques to study brain network function in cognition and disease.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Applied Mathematics And Sociology

University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
05.2027

Illinois Math And Science Academy
05.2023

Skills

    Python, Java, HTML, CSS, R, C/C, C#

Websites

Awards

NCWIT National Award Winner

HP Girls Save the World Winner

Pozen Social Innovation Prize

UNGA 77 Speaker and Delegate

Illinois Youth Innovator of the Year

MIT Solve Winner

Languages

Swahili
Native or Bilingual
Chinese (Mandarin)
Professional Working
Arabic
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Judge and Mentor

MIT Solve
01.2023 - 12.2023

Youth Advisor

United Nations
06.2022 - Current

Scholar

Research Science Institute
06.2022 - 08.2022

Research Assistant

Northwestern University
08.2021 - 05.2022

Founder and Developer

Etana
05.2021 - Current

Student Research Assistant

Northwestern - Feinberg School Of Medicine
01.2021 - 09.2021

Co-Founder

The Women's Association Of Scientific Innovation
11.2020 - Current

Digital Influencer

Social Media

Bachelor of Science - Applied Mathematics And Sociology

University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill

Illinois Math And Science Academy
Elizabeth Nyamwange