Upasana Puranik is 14 years old, and lives in Cupertino California with her parents and younger brother. She is the author of several books and the composer of over 40+ songs.  Her passion's fly everywhere with writing, math and music. Her books include Double Trouble, Puffy the Pufferfish, Songs for Everyone and more. Songs for Everyone is now available in the Santa Clara Library District, and contains the first 10 songs she composed on the guitar. Double Trouble is a collection of short stories of her and her younger brother- Anagh, causing twice the amount of trouble! 

She also volunteers at the Humane Society and teaches Math classes. Upasana is part of Boy Scouts of America (BSA) and is a Life Rank Scout. She is also an aspiring volunteer, helping with the Pandemic effort. 

Upasana has a passion for math and technology and has participated in numerous hack-a-thon's along with winning many competitions. For example she qualified for the AIMES, was in the top 10% for the Math Olympiads for several years, and was part of the top 15 scorers on the Math Kangaroo.