Johns Creek, GA, June 8, 2025: NRI Pulse had earlier featured 15-year-old Arya Upadhyay, a prodigious Atlanta teen whose innovative work in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and environmental sustainability has earned her recognition from Microsoft AI, Women in Technology, and other leading organizations. Today, Arya is facing a new challenge—one that threatens to halt her remarkable journey: funding her college education.
Arya, who moved to the U.S. just four years ago, completed grades 6 through 12 in that short span and graduated from Northview High School in Johns Creek two years early. This fall, she is set to begin college to pursue a degree in engineering, with a mission to apply technology to real-world environmental challenges.
However, the young trailblazer now finds herself confronting an overwhelming financial burden…