Shivani Sama is a student at Tesla STEM High School in Redmond, WA.

She is participating in the Central Sound Regional Science and Engineering Fair at Bellevue College, to be held in March 2023. For this project she is interested in researching brain computer interfaces (specifically deep brain stimulation) and how they can be used to induce neuroplasticity and neuron regrowth to treat various types of neurodegenerative diseases and paralysis.