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Anya Vedantambe is a junior at Stanford University majoring in Symbolic Systems with a minor in English. She is interested in researching how companion AI will impact how people form and maintain relationships, offline strategies to create lasting change across political divides, and algorithmic radicalization and AI's effects on polarization, particularly on issues of health and wellness. She serves as a managing editor for the Stanford Journal of Public Health and as the Co-President of the Undergraduate Global Health Club, and she received an International Public Service Fellowship from the Haas Center for Public Service in 2026 to work with an organization increasing tech and AI literacy among underserved groups in Paris. In her free time, Anya enjoys trail running around the Bay Area, reading fiction, and discovering and playing new music on the piano and bass guitar.