Saamya has been a member of the SLI program since 7th grade, and owes a lot of her successes to this institution. Whether she practiced communication, teamwork, and problem solving in her FTC and Project Invent teams, or honed her curiosity and determination through science fairs and PIF; Saamya has learned from all of these experiences to solidify her goal of becoming an orthopedic surgeon.

Outside of school, Saamya tends to find herself spending all her money on new restaurants, boba shops, or cafes. Here she's either chatting away with her friends, working on research using CRISPR and nanoparticles to overcome cancerous mutations, talking to participants at the South Asian Heart Center, and expanding her high-school/undergrad research publication, Youth Medical Journal.

Saamya has had a wonderful time at SLI for 6 years and can't wait to carry its lessons with her to college!