Danica Sun

I grew up by Chicago.

I went to a STEM magnet boarding school.

I now study Computer Science + Energy Science & Engineering at Stanford.

I live and breathe climate, and have spent the past third of my life working in it.

I was insanely shy at one point, but climate change compelled me to find my voice.

I passed a climate education bill and led strikes, amongst other things.

I've spoken at the United Nations Climate Summit, at the Parliament of the World's Religions, and on national press.

I represented Illinois at LCOY, and ended up organizing it.

I attended a women in tech conference at 13. Loved it so much I co-directed it at 16.

I'm currently most excited about energy tech and "Secretly Climate" startups.

I believe whatever you study or work in, you can use those tools to tackle the climate crisis. That's why I'm leading Stanford Climate Week.

For the past six months, I was the first hire at a clean energy and infrastructure startup, building out the product as a full-stack engineer.

I sat in the front seat with the founders—through pivots, a seed raise, and countless carpools from SF to Stanford.

Now, I'm developing an optimization framework for Stanford Research Computing to cut the energy footprint of their data center compute operations.

I turned 19 this summer. Follow along on my last year as a teenager.