Samaira Mehta is an American coder and board game designer. She is the founder and chief executive officer of CoderBunnyz, a company that produces a board game of the same name for teaching children how to code.
Samaira Mehta | |
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| Born | March 2, 2008 |
| Education | Archbishop Mitty High School, Johns Hopkins University |
| Occupations | Coder, inventor, chief executive officer |
| Years active | 2016–present |
| Known for | CoderBunnyz |
Life
editMehta is from Santa Clara, California.[1] Her father is an engineer.[2] She began coding when she was 6 years old with her father as her teacher. She created the board game CoderBunnyz, with the help of her little brother, to teach other children how to code.[3] She designed the game over the course of a year.[4] After she came up with the game's design, she worked with graphics designers and game manufacturers in China and New Zealand.[2] Mehta speaks at workshops and conferences including at Microsoft, Intel, and Google.[3] She first started presenting at workshops at the Santa Clara City Library.[4] She spoke at the 2019 C2 Montréal Conference.[5] Mehta aims to eliminate gender bias and increase the number of women in engineering.[6]
CoderBunnyz
editThe name "CoderBunnyz" combines her interest in board games and coding with bunnies, her favorite animal.[1] The game provides instruction on basic concepts in artificial intelligence and Java.[2] It includes five major topics including training, back propagation, inference, adaptive learning, and autonomous.[4]
Awards and honors
editIn 2016, Mehta won the $2,500 second-place prize at Think Tank Learning's Pitchfest. She received a letter from former first lady Michelle Obama.[3]
In 2026, Mehta won the California High School Speech Association state championship in Original Oratory Speech.[7]
References
edit- 1 2 Cheng, Cynthia (2015-09-09). "Second-Grade Student Creates Board Game to Teach Coding Concepts". The Silicon Valley Voice. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
- 1 2 3 Hess, Abigail (2019-04-29). "Meet the 10-year-old coder grabbing the attention of Google, Microsoft and Michelle Obama". CNBC. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
- 1 2 3 Bort, Julie. "This 10-year-old coder is already so successful she's caught the attention of Google and Microsoft". Business Insider. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
- 1 2 3 Cheng, Cynthia (2019-04-07). "Samaira Mehta Introduces CoderBunnyz (Coding) & CoderMindz (Artificial Intelligence) Game". The Silicon Valley Voice. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
- ↑ Ferre, Ines; Wade, Reggie (June 23, 2019). "Meet the 11-year-old CEO trying to teach 1 billion kids to code". Yahoo Finance. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
- ↑ Kalra, Shyna (2018-11-27). "At 10, Samaira is a CEO and is among world's youngest coders". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
- ↑ "Event Results - Original Oratory - California High School Speech Association State Championship". Tabroom. 2026-04-19.