Melina Seligman-Tovar

Melina Seligman-Tovar is a Mexican American student at Stanford University and a prospective Symbolic Systems or Management Science and Engineering major. She is passionate about the merits and development of education, technology, and music. She has been a performer and musician for multiple years while balancing academic and extracurricular work and is excited to begin research through the MS&E program. Melina created and instructed a bilingual ukulele and singing group for low-income elementary schoolers, co-founded a college essay editing and advising startup, and translated for a community clinic as well as an NGO that promotes food security. She is also interested in marketing and dedicated to opening opportunities for under-resourced individuals and communities. She is an avid multidisciplinary learner who hopes to be involved in these areas and more throughout her Stanford career and in the future.