Samiksha Gaherwar is a sophomore from Suwanee, Georgia, studying Operations Research and Financial Engineering, with minors in Computer Science and Statistics and Machine Learning, and a certificate in the Practice of Diplomacy. She is deeply interested in U.S. foreign policy and the use of AI/ML for strategic decision-making, diplomacy, and conflict resolution. At Princeton, Samiksha is the director of North America's largest undergraduate business conference, an Entrepreneurship Club board member, chargé d'affaires for the Princeton Diplomatic Invitational, Whig-Clio literary director, and elected representative on the University Student Government. Samiksha was crowned Miss Teen India-USA 2022, has a degree in classical dance, and works closely with the nonprofit organization Ekal Vidyalaya, dedicated to constructing one-teacher schools in rural India.