4. Elena Sinel, Founder, Teens in AI & Acorn Aspirations

On today's episode we are hosting Elena Sinel, a multi-award-winning entrepreneur on a mission to inspire young people across the world to use Artificial Intelligence for good. Elena's organization Teens in AI has for a mission to help develop underrepresented talent, thereby improving diversity and inclusion in Artificial Intelligence. It offers young people aged 12-18 early exposure to AI for Social Good through a plethora of activities.  We are talking mentoring, talks, workshops, education on human centered design and ethics, hackathons, accelerators, company tours and networking opportunities. Elena's dream is for Artificial Intelligence to be developed by a diverse group of thinkers and doers advancing AI for humanity’s benefit.  Since 2018, Teens in AI partnered with Microsoft to scale Girls in AI across 150 countries.