Biography
Oluwadara "Dara" Morakinyo is a senior National Merit Scholar at The University of Texas at Dallas majoring in computer science. On campus, she served as a community officer for the Association for Computing Machinery, the head of service for the National Black Law Students Association, and a mentor to first-year students at UT Dallas. Morakinyo is passionate about responsible technology innovation. At the Center for Robust Speech Systems, she investigated bias in Automatic Speech Recognition systems. She also interned as a technology consultant with Credera and developed technology education tools with Vernier Science Education. After graduation, Morakinyo hopes to pursue a legal career in technology regulation.