Digital Learning Student Ambassadors
Our Ambassadors are here to answer your questions. Schedule a call with them to learn more about the online student experience. For questions about admission to our online graduate programs, contact Tandon.Digital.Learning@nyu.edu.
Zarifa Kabir
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Program: Bioinformatics, M.S.
Current City: Gainesville, FL
Expected Graduation Date: Summer 2025
Favorite Class: My favorite class so far has been the Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) course because of the hands-on coursework. I had the opportunity to work with real data and even create my own project as my final paper for the course. It was a great experience to apply what I learned directly to a meaningful project, making the class both challenging and rewarding
Kelly Doleo
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Program: Emerging Technologies, M.S.
Current City: Silver Spring, MD
Expected Graduation Date: Dec 2025
Favorite Class: My favorite class I've taken so far has been Game Design within the Computer Science department (taken on campus). This has been my favorite because it was the most demanding and rewarding. I believe that games are the epitome of UX design and I learned so much about how to develop a game that truly resonates with people.
Vikram Pentakota
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Program: Emerging Technologies, M.S.
Current City: Brooklyn, NY
Expected Graduation Date: May 2026
Favorite Class: Deep Learning so far because it explained how some of emerging technology work
Paul Marinos
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Program: Cybersecurity, M.S. (NYU Cyber Fellow)
Current City: Old Bethpage, NY
Expected Graduation Date: 2026
Favorite Class: My favorite class so far in this program is Principles of Database Systems, because of its strong creative element in addition to its more 'technical' side. For its final project, students are tasked with developing a database-driven web application for any use case they can imagine.
Angel Saad
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Program: Cybersecurity, M.S. (NYU Cyber Fellow)
Hometown: Mexico City, Mexico
Expected Graduation Date: 2027
Favorite Class: Operating Systems. It was intellectually stimulating, challenging yet fun, and the Professor and TAs were great. I enjoyed it so much that I am now a TA in that class.
John Saeteros
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Program: Cybersecurity, M.S. (NYU Cyber Fellow)
Current City: Queens, NY
Expected Graduation Date: 2027
Favorite Class: Computer Networking, I find how all the puzzle pieces of networking fit together to be fascinating
Ripunjay Singh
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Program: Cybersecurity, M.S. (NYU Cyber Fellow)
Current City: Bayonne, NJ
Expected Graduation Date: May 2025
Favorite Class: The Network Security class with Dr. Mak was by far my favorite class I have taken. Not only the class was informative and fun, the labs taught me a lot about hands-on network security, specifically on thinking like an attacker and finding loopholes in your network.
Yijun Liu
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Program: Cybersecurity, M.S. (NYU Cyber Fellow)
Current City: Blaine, MN
Expected Graduation Date: May 2025
Favorite Class: I enjoyed network security, which was a big mystery to me before I took this class. I had low confidence when I started, thinking I knew so little and didn't know where to begin to gain knowledge. I even thought I would fail miserably. The professor and TAs provided great encouragement, patiently answering my questions and guiding me through the class little by little. I realized that as long as I put in the effort, I can conquer the topic and achieve great results. I learned so much. It was hard, but truly rewarding and enjoyable.