Mrinalini is a senior in Columbia College. A double-major in History and Mathematics, her interests lie in the intellectual and cultural histories of the French and British empires, global dimensions of Enlightenment thought, and algebraic and geometric topology. She is being recognized for her commitment to mentorship in the Columbia community. In 2022, she was co-founder and co-Editor-in-Chief of the Columbia Journal of Asia, a collective endeavor to create a space for Asian voices in academic and artistic circles at Columbia and beyond, and later served as co-Editor-in-Chief of the Columbia Undergraduate Law Review. Alongside these editorial roles, she has worked to increase access to campus academic resources as a Peer Fellow at the Columbia Writing Center, Rose Teaching Fellow, Student Representative to the Committee on the Core, and Chair of the Columbia History Association. Next year, she will read for an MPhil in Intellectual History at the University of Oxford as a US Rhodes Scholar.