Sharanya is a sophomore at Freedom High School and has always loved math. She has been in above-grade level math classes since a very young age and aims to share her love for math through OMC. Sharanya wants to increase female participation in STEM fields by inspiring girls to participate in math in a relaxed learning environment, and loves working with younger students to increase their interest and success in math. She co-founded an eight week long Counting and Probability course for girls and created content and lesson plans for the class. Sharanya has won various math awards – she is a Gold Medalist in the MathCON National Finals and a national rank holder in Math Kangaroo. She scored in the top 2.5% on the AMC examination and qualified for the American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME). She also presented at the Florida Association For the Gifted Conference. Outside of math, Sharanya participates in the Future Problem Solving Competition and has won 1st place in the state and has been 10th in the world at the International Competition. She placed in the top 50 twice at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, after winning the regional spelling bees. She also plays four instruments (piano, violin, flute, and piccolo) and has played in the All State Band. In her free time, she loves reading, going to Magic Kingdom, and watching Netflix.