Miraya, born in Delhi, recently graduated from the Shri Ram school. She has always had a love for animals and the different creatures of the world. However, when she started scuba diving at nine years of age and found the fascinating world of the oceans, she formed an incredibly deep bond with marine life and their environments. Ever since then she has jumped at every chance she got to escape city life and go to the coastal lands.
When given a chance to write a math research paper, she chose to explore the question “Does jumping out of water increase the speed of a bottlenose dolphin?” by using mathematical techniques. In 2018, she interned with a few organisations including the Marine Savers and the Manta Trust which involved building artificial reefs, rescuing turtles, learning about marine conservation techniques, and how to identify individuals of the same species and track them. Miraya is now an advanced open water diver and plans to explore her interest by studying marine biology in college and trying to help out in marine conservation wherever she can.