Dharynka Tapia is currently a fourth-year undergraduate student pursuing Statistics & Data Science and Economics degrees at UC Santa Barbara. She is a Student Engagement and Enrichment in Data Science (SEEDS) Undergraduate Research Fellow, and is interested in machine learning, artificial intelligence, and computer vision.

When she is not studying, she enjoys trying new places to eat with friends. She has also been working for the Santa Barbara School District as a high school math tutor.