The Board
Heidi Xie
Chief Operations Officer
Heidi Xie is a senior at Acton Boxborough Regional High School. She loves running around behind the scenes, taking initiative on operational work and communication, and setting the groundwork needed so things can run smoothly. Heidi began work with AICS in the Winter 2021 session, and is ecstatic to be on the admin team to help future sessions take off.
Advikar Ananthkumar
Co-President
Advikar is a senior at Acton-Boxborough Regional High School. Computer science has been part of Advikar's life since 3rd grade, when he started watching tutorials of small projects in Python. He is especially drawn to the creative aspects of coding, as you can create virtually anything. Outside of school, he enjoys watching football on Sundays and participating in many schools clubs, including the Science and Speech and Debate teams. Advikar is excited to work for AICS and offer his passion for computer science to students.
Vani Mittal
Co-President
Vani is a sophomore at Acton Boxborough Regional High School. She is involved in social justice work in her community, and works at her school newspaper as well. She loves hanging out with friends in her free time, and she is excited to work with AICS as a Co-President!
Julia Zhou
Co-President
Julia Zhou is a sophomore at Acton-Boxborough Regional High School. She began coding during the pandemic and joined AICS in 2021. Julia primarily teaches Java and Python, and she looks forward to continuing work on the operations side of AICS. Outside of computer science, Julia also teaches music and loves playing piano and violin!