Ritika Sanadi

I honestly attribute my success to my friends and my family. There was a time where I was surrounded by the wrong people, and it definitely took a toll on my grades and my life in general. But after meeting the right people and spending more time with my family and understanding what really were my values and what I wanted to do in life, I managed to pick myself back up and get all these new opportunities for me.

I think the best career advice that I've ever received is to just go for it. Just going for it, even if you think that you may not be qualified, or if you'd like to not doubt yourself. Because the most unexpected opportunities will come up if you try.

It might feel really scary at first, because there's just gonna be so many things coming at you all at once. But there's so many organizations and just generally other women in your class that are probably going through the same thing, and everyone's really supportive.

Right now, I'm just making sure that I'm not overbooking myself. I have a really bad habit of trying to do everything at once, and so I'm trying to work on that a little more. I'm really excited for all of the post-graduation opportunities that I could explore, like graduate school, doing my thesis for a master's, or getting a full-time job somewhere in a city that I really want to live in.

I would say definitely discipline and determination. Those are the two biggest ones. And also, one of my other biggest values is making sure to have a good, supportive group of people around, because I think that is something that not a lot of people talk about, but it's definitely so helpful, because they can help influence you into becoming a better person.