ECE Student Nominated for Rhodes and Marshall Scholarships
Maya De Los Santos, E’25, electrical and computer engineering, was nominated for the Rhodes and Marshall Scholarships by Northeastern University. She is mentored by Saiph Savage, David Kaeli, Tina Eliassi-Rad, Daniel Klug, Kevin Pacheco, Markiyah Bullard, Richard Harris, and Julienne LaChance.
De Los Santos is dedicated to collaborating with marginalized communities to co-design socio-technical tools that promote well-being and empower individuals to have agency over their personal data. Her pursuit of an electrical and computer engineering degree within Northeastern’s Honors Program has equipped her with the technical skills to develop these tools, and her love for research has deepened her understanding of the impacts of privacy violations on vulnerable individuals.
In 2021, Maya was selected for a National Science Foundation grant to participate in Carnegie Mellon University’s REUSE research program, where she published a first-author paper on TikTok users’ awareness of the platform’s privacy policy. Following this experience, she worked in the Civic AI Lab, which is run by Khoury College Assistant Professor Saiph Savage. As an AJC Merit Research Scholar, she published four papers about her designs for human-centered AI systems that ensure fair work opportunities and privacy protection for crowd workers worldwide.
She is also an active member of the Northeastern chapter of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers and Black Engineering Student Society, serving as president of the former for an academic year.
“I am honored to have been nominated for these awards and incredibly grateful to all my mentors and the URF staff for their support and encouragement throughout this process.”Maya De Los Santos, E’25