Isha Dandavate has been a user experience researcher at Google for five years. She seeks to elevate the voices of underserved audiences in technology, which she has done by incorporating the needs of teens, women, and people in developing markets into the product development process at YouTube. 

While at NYU, Isha was an RA for two years at Alumni Hall/7th St. She also served as an RA at University Hall one summer. Isha graduated from NYU in 2010, majoring in international relations and journalism. She worked for 2 years as a freelance journalist before transitioning to a career in user research. 

Isha worked at a design research consultancy, SonicRim Ltd, in San Francisco for a year before beginning graduate studies at the UC Berkeley School of Information. She graduated with a master's in information management and systems in 2014.