Jiya is a high school senior at the Liberal Arts and Science Academy in Austin, TX. They started their journey of learning competition math in the middle of 7th grade, and since then have qualified for USAJMO twice, attended MOP in 2024, and are a participant of the PRIMES-USA math research program. Outside of math, Jiya enjoys playing guitar, learning electronics, and chilling to ambient guitar music or vibing to random pop music.
Jiya will be teaching NT Terrain Navigation this Fall! They also taught NT Terrain Navigation during the 2024-2025 school year!