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Sapna Cheryan 40 years of age. Sapna Cheryan was born to Leela Cheryan and Munir Cheryan of Urbana, Ill. Sapna is an associate professor in the department of psychology at the university of Washington. Sapna Cheryan main focus is the role of cultural sterotypes which cause perpetuating, racial and gender disparities in the U.S society. She has a BA in psychology between 1995-1999 at northwestern University, along with a BA in American Studies. Sapna cheryan received her PhD in Psychology between “2001-2007” from Stanford university. “Her work has been cited widely in the media, including in the New York Times, NPR, and the Wall Street.

While Sapna Cheryan continue in her journey of Psychology she has earned many awards. She received her first award in 1998 from northwestern University for William Exum writing Award. The awards continued on from the 90s all the way to the 2000s. More recently she received, “International Society for Self and Identity (ISSI) Outstanding Early Career Award, In 2017.” Justified rewards in not the only wonderful achievement Sapna Cheryan has made, she has been a part of many fellowship and grants to help transform the lives of others.

During, 2008-2010 Sapna Cheryan was a part of a Royalty Reserch Fund, “The influence of stereotypical and non-sterotyical role models on women’s interest in computer science.” One of the other fellowships she was involved in was the “transforming engineering through PEERS: Building a better experience for underrepresented students 2009-2014.” Sapna Cheryan continue on with fellowships and grants leading all the way to our current year of 2018. Sapna Cheryan has achieved huge obstacles in her lifetime and continue you to grow helping other daily. She has caught the eyes of many people around the world.

Although, it’s nice to know Sapna Cheryan profession and achievement, I thought it would also be nice to know a little about her personal life. According, to the “New York Times” Sapna Cheryan meet the man of her dreams Dr.Giridhar. They married on a Saturday in 2008 in Milwaukee Wisconsin. Continuing on The New York Times also states, “Sapna Cheryan will be keeping her name. As of my research Sapna Cheryan doesn’t have kids but, I’ll continue to research making sure the information is the most up to date and reliable as possible.

There is much more to Sapna Cheryan who has a huge heart and love for psychology. Im sure there is much more to learn and to come.