Manuella is a second year Mechanical Engineering student in SEAS. Born and raised in Ghana, Manuella has a genuine passion for people, learning and diversity in all spaces. She is currently co-president of Engineers Without Borders and the Technical Team lead on the club’s wastewater treatment project in Yuba County, California. She worked as an undergraduate research assistant in the Columbia Astrophysics Lab as a freshman. She is now an undergraduate research assistant in the Robotic Manipulation and Mobility Lab, and a teaching assistant in the Mathematics department. Additionally, Manuella is a fervent advocate for improved accessibility to quality STEM education for underrepresented middle and high school students.Over the past four years, she has dedicated her time to many tutoring and mentoring initiatives such as Star Girls Africa, ELiTE, ReadAhead, and Columbia’s SHAPE program, aiming to inspire and empower the next generation of STEM leaders.