Aburva Govindarajan Sangeetha, a graduating senior majoring in Engineering Technology with a minor in Business Administration at San Jose State University (SJSU), embodies the spirit of perseverance and adaptability. She is originally from Suhar, a beautiful coastal city located in the Sultanate of Oman.
During her high school years, mathematics proved to be a challenging subject for her, leading her to major in Business. However, after her first year, she soon realized her technical inclination and transitioned to Engineering Technology with a concentration in Computer Network Systems Management, a decision that proved to be both challenging and rewarding.
When starting to take core engineering courses, she felt like an imposter due to her mathematics struggles, and being the only woman in most of her technical classes added to this feeling even more. Regardless, with the help of her friends, family, and professors she quickly overcame her struggles and improved her class performanc...