Sambridi Gautam, a sophomore in computer science, has been selected as a Microsoft Scholar. Each year, Microsoft awards the scholarship to a select few of the best and brightest computer science students from the United States, Mexico, and Canada.

Sambridi, originally from Kathmandu, Nepal, transferred to BYU after a semester at Southern Arkansas University. As a new BYU student, she was considering physics or astronomy. However, she took CS 142 her first semester and became interested in computer science. Within the field of computer science, Sambridi’s interests lie in the areas of software engineering and computer graphics.

Sambridi enjoys the fact that her computer science degree will allow her to enter nearly any field she chooses. The computer science field, she has found, is not limited to a certain area as computers and technology are required in all industries, a fact which will open many doors for her upon graduation. Computer science also allows Sambridi to pursue her love math and science.