Lavanya Sharma

About Lavanya Sharma

Hey! I\'m Lavi I\'m a software engineer passionate about cybersecurity, data privacy, AI ethics, and consumer protection. You\'ll often find me at a hackathon or tech conference: tinkering around with a new tool, mentoring a team of students, or advocating for a cause that means something to me. Aside from my academic endeavors, I enjoy cooking, photography, video games, and camping! My most recent side quest was a road trip to the Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks where I discovered that brown bears are, in fact, ginormous. Ask me for pictures!You can reach me at l••••••••@usc.edu. Fight On!

Experience

1. Coach (Developer Relations Advocate)

   Major League Hacking

   May 2022 — Present

   Mentor hackathon organizers through event logistics (Event sizes range from 100 - 1,200 attendees)• Host workshops and technical challenges in collaboration with company sponsors like GitHub, Google Cloud, Google Gemini, etc.• Teach attendees how to use new tools and technologies in their hackathon projects• Events where you might have run into me! Los Altos Hacks, RoseHack, HackSC, QWERHacks, Technica, Hack Dearborn, HackUIowa, HackUTA, HackTX, TAMUHack, HackDuke, CrimsonCode Hackathon, LAHacks, AthenaHacks

Education

• USC Viterbi School of Engineering

  Minor, Cybersecurity

• North Hollywood High School

  High School Diploma

  2017 — 2021

• Girls Who Code

  Summer Immersion Program

• USC Gould School of Law

  Minor, Law and Technology

• University of Southern California

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science & Business Administration