Junran Tao is a full-stack engineer and CS grad student. She's worked on SaaS platforms, GPU-accelerated GNNs, ecommerce backends, and moderation tools. She cares about women in tech and has joined WISE 2024 and Grace Hopper 2025. She likes photography—mostly landscapes from every place she enjoyed. She also cosplays anime and game characters at cons and on Halloween. Lately, she's also building a startup with a friend, learning everything as she goes.