NCWIT AiC Washington Award Winners 2025

In March 2025, NCWIT (National Center for Women in Technology) announced the national recipients of its 2025 NCWIT Aspirations in Computing (AiC) Awards, honoring 400 students throughout the United States.
The following 14 Washington students received Honorable Mention awards:
- Lames Abdalla: Federal Way
- Kailani Cruz: Chelan
- Allison Huang: Mercer Island
- Eesha Jain: Bellevue
- Usha Roshini Kalla: Redmond
- Hamsini Ramanathan: Sammamish
- Imelda Ramirez: Seattle
- Sawar Saini: Redmond
- Sanj Saini: Redmond
- Vaanya Sharma: Redmond
- Denali Srivastava: Issaquah
- Aadya Syal: Sammamish
- Anisha Vaish: Kirkland
- Sarah Wen: Redmond
To see the list of all student winners nationwide, see NCWIT Announces 2025 National AiC High School Award Recipients
In addition, two Washington teachers were among the 121 educators in the US to be recognized as 2025 Aspirations in Computing Educator Award recipients:
- Andrew Woodbridge, Olympia High School; Olympia (Regional Affiliate Educator Award)
- Poonam Ahuja, North Creek High School; Bothell (Regional Affiliate Educator Honorable Mentions)
To see the list of all educator winners nationwide, see NCWIT Selects 2025 AiC Educator Award Recipients
Applications for the annual NCWIT awards open in early September each year,
