Northeastern University Software Engineering & Information Systems - SEIS

Ashlesha Donde, MS in Information Systems, Spring 2027
For Ashlesha, technology is most powerful when applied with purpose. 💻

From building a full-stack travel platform to analyzing Uber ride data with Python — she’s been turning classroom learning into real-world solutions from day one. 🚀
Oh, and she’s also a professionally trained Bharatanatyam classical dancer with five distinctions. 💃 Discipline looks good on a résumé.

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🌟 Chenyan Zhu, MS in Information Systems Bridges · Northeastern University · Boston

Before NEU, Chenyan spent over four years in Tokyo's IT industry, at IBM and Accenture ,building a strong foundation in enterprise technology and real business systems. 🗼💼

She came to Northeastern to go deeper: to strengthen her CS foundation, stay current with emerging technologies, and explore the growing intersection of her industry experience and AI. 🤖

At NEU, she independently built a cloud computing project from scratch, and found something she didn't expect: a community of talented, diverse classmates who pushed her to think bigger and grow further. 🤝☁️

Her long-term goal? To use technology to genuinely improve people's lives, building products and systems that are actually helpful. 💡

Oh, and she's a dedicated Toad and Toadette fan 🍄 ,Mario games are her favorite way to recharge after a long week!