My name is Priya Kumar and I am a bioengineering student with a focus on computer science and a minor in business at the Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I am an Engineering Ambassador, James Scholar, a member of the Biomedical Engineering Society, and a member of the Health Maker Lab 2021 co-hort at UIUC. I am the Recruitment Manager on a research study on chronic kidney disease and Vice President and Co-founder of a chronic kidney disease prescreening startup called ProteCKD. I am also a volunteer at the Carle Foundation Hospital, on the National 4-H Young Alumni Advisory Committee, and a Young Alumni Leader for the Washington State 4-H Teen Equity and Inclusion Task Force. I am also currently starting a research study about the impact of hands-on STEM education among disadvantaged 7th graders in India.

I hold an Associates Degree in Science from Skagit Valley College. I completed two Microsoft Software Developer Internships and a Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center Public Health Internship. On a team, I engineered five remotely operated vehicles (underwater robots) over the span of seven years, and competed in four international competitions against university teams from over 18 countries. I have also taught and mentored peers and younger students in robotics and programming in the US and India.