Kavindya was a dean’s fellow at the Stanford School of Education with a background in Learning Experience Design and Anthropology. At Stanford, she designed and co-founded Tilli; a game-based, social-emotional learning tool for early learners. Tilli was a global finalist at The Future of Play Design Challenge by Playful Minds & Lego Ventures and chases the ambitious dream of designing inclusive and measurable SEL experiences for every child, everywhere irrespective of their ability to pay.

Kavindya obtained her MSc. in Learning, Design, and Technology from Stanford University and her BA in Anthropology from Wellesley College, MA. She was the first in her family to complete college. Prior to Tilli, she worked for companies like Meta, 2U, MIT Media Lab, and Coursera, researching and building high-impact learning tools that have reached over a billion learners