The MIT Gala Board is a student-led committee dedicated to organizing MIT’s annual Gala, a premier event that celebrates the vibrant and diverse community of the Institute. Social: Instagram
Abrianna Zhang
UG ’28 | Computer Science and Engineering
Website: Portfolio
Alex Zhao
UG ’28 | Artificial Intelligence and Decision Making
Bio: Alex Zhao enjoys working creating photorealistic pen drawings of scenes and objects from nature. In his experience, the permanence of pen as a medium lends itself to greater, not lesser, creativity.
Allison Kaczmarek
G ’25 | Materials Science and EngineeringSocial: Instagram
Arshiya Lal
G ’26 | MIT Sloan MBA
Social: Instagram
Bianchi Dy
G ’25 | City Planning
Website: bianchidy.com
Bio: Bianchi Dy is a 2nd-year MCP candidate in the City Design and Development Group and an award-winning data visualization designer. Before joining MIT, she worked as a researcher at the National University of Singapore on architectural computation and at the Singapore University of Technology and Design on data visualization research funded by the former SUTD-MIT International Design Center, urban science and planning support system research projects commissioned by Singapore’s Urban Redevelopment Authority, and as a data visualization designer at data storytelling and editorial studio Kontinentalist. She has also worked on mobility projects in collaboration with the Aviation Studies Institute, Netherland Airport Consultants, and the Lee Kwan Yew Center for Innovative Cities. She has been active in the Southeast Asian data journalism and storytelling fields, primarily through her work with Kontinentalist. While at MIT, she is interested in learning more about transit-oriented development, and in researching the impact of public transportation on access to leisure in cities, especially in nighttime settings. Her professional practice is focused on urban science, data feminism, and participatory design principles into urban technology
Chang Jin
G ’28 | Harvard (Cross-registered)
Website: cjinphotography.com
Christine Liu
G ’27 | Political Science
Eleanor Li
UG ’27 | Computer Science, Economics, and Data Science
Social: Instagram
Bio: Eleanor Li is a '27 studying computer science, economics, and data science. Outside of classes, she enjoys ice skating, reading & writing, photography, and music!
Haydn Long
UG ’26 | History
Isabella Zhu
UG ’27 | Computer Science and MathematicsSocial: Instagram
Jessica Stringham
G ’26 | Media Arts and Sciences
Website: this.xor.that
Jorge Cañada
PhD ’25 | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Lama Alahdal
UG ’27 | Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceSocial: Instagram
Linda Qian
G ’28 | Architecture
Website: lindaqian.com
Luke Haws
UG ’28 | Artificial Intelligence and Decision Making
Website: Elegant Machines
Marcelo Maza
UG ’25 | Computer Science and Engineering
Website: Flickr Album
Omar Orozco
UG ’25 | Humanities and Engineering
Website: developingframe.com
Social: Developing Frame, Omar Orozco
Pip Knight
G ’28 | Materials Science and Engineering
Sabrina Su
UG ’25 | Artificial Intelligence and Decision Making
Sharada Prabhu
G ’25 | Supply Chain Management
Shreeya Parekh
G ’26 | Technology and Policy
Bio: Shreeya is a current graduate student and artist at MIT whose work and research puts community at the forefront. While she broadly researches the effects of digital technology on overlooked communities, she creates art on themes of community joy and resistance. Shreeya works with embroidery and other fabric work to showcase folk traditions as fine art. Fashion and clothing exude empowerment, and Shreeya hopes to channel that in her work.
Ya Gao
G ’28 | Architecture
Social: Instagram
Email: yagao999@mit.edu
Yitong Tseo
G ’2∞ | Computational Systems Biology
Website: ternalbiota.com
Social: Instagram
Zahmiria Johnson
PhD ’29 | Chemical Engineering
Bio: Zahmiria is a 1st year PhD student in Chemical Engineering and a hobbyist photographer with a particular affinity for small format B+W film.
