Meet the Team Behind SAWE

At SAWE, Agraja leads LinkedIn marketing and storytelling. She helps fellow women entrepreneurs share their journeys on LinkedIn and also supports SAWE's internal process work behind the scenes.

Outside SAWE, Agraja is the founder of Warmhouse Creative, a freelance service offering presentation design, virtual assistant support, content creation, and SOP and documentation writing for small businesses, nonprofits, and early stage founders. Warmhouse Creative began at a SAWE coffee meetup, where a casual conversation turned into her first two clients.

Her path to entrepreneurship brought together a career in project management and sustainability, with experience in tech at Avalara, corporate CSR at Mercedes Benz India, and environmental NGO work. Becoming a mother opened a new chapter and pushed her to build something of her own.

Agraja is also a published children's book author (My Wonderful Words) and a certified Project Manager. She believes in building businesses, stories, and communities that are grounded in purpose and made to grow.

At SAWE, Amena is the National Community Group Admin. She plays a key role in growing the SAWE National community across the United States through virtual networking events, community initiatives, and engaging content. Her work helps women entrepreneurs find a supportive space to learn from each other, connect, and grow together.

Outside SAWE, Amena is a passionate traveler and the founder of Wonders Your Way Travel. She helps individuals, families, and groups turn their travel plans into experiences they remember for years. Every journey she designs is thoughtful and seamless, built to bring people closer to the world around them.

For Amena, community building and meaningful travel come from the same place. She loves helping people expand their horizons, whether that's through entrepreneurship, new connections, or a destination they've always wanted to see.

At SAWE, Deepti leads our quarterly social events, from large community gatherings to picnics and high teas. She brings real warmth to every event, making sure each member feels welcomed and part of the celebration.

Outside SAWE, Deepti is a Bollywood dancer at heart, and her sessions bring together joy, rhythm and strength. Over the years, her love for dance grew into fitness based dance, where every class feels like a celebration and still delivers real results. She also offers personalized dance training for fitness goals, weddings and celebrations, corporate workshops, and anyone who simply wants to move and feel good.

Whether someone wants to dance for fitness, prepare for a big day, bring energy to their workplace, or just move with more freedom and happiness, Deepti creates a space that feels welcoming and fun.

At SAWE, Meghana is the Social Media Manager for Instagram. She creates content, builds marketing campaigns, helps coordinate events and workshops, and stays connected with members both online and in person. Her work plays a big part in growing a supportive, business focused community.

Outside SAWE, Meghana shares creative content on her Instagram page, @Grande_desisoul. She treats it as her own creative lab, trying out different formats, hooks, and storytelling styles, then studying what actually works. She's curious about why some content connects with people more than others, and how creative choices shape engagement and community.

At SAWE, Nithya is a Facebook Group Admin. She creates and shares content, promotes networking opportunities and SAWE events, and encourages members to get involved. Building a business on her own taught her how much the right support system matters, and she sees SAWE as a place where women can learn from each other, celebrate wins, work through challenges, and grow together.

Outside SAWE, Nithya is the founder and photographer behind Nithya Ramadas Photography. She captures newborn, maternity, family and milestone portraits, along with celebrations and intimate weddings. Self taught, with nine years behind the camera, she turned her love for capturing meaningful moments into a business built on creativity, connection, and making every client feel at ease.

Whether behind the lens or within the community, Nithya loves bringing people together and helping relationships grow.

At SAWE, Praveena is the Training and Development Coordinator. She designs and runs our monthly learning sessions, making sure each one gives members something practical they can use. Her focus is on helping women build new skills, become more visible, and grow their businesses with confidence.

Outside SAWE, Praveena is a self taught artist and the creator behind INKspirations by PR. Working from her home studio, she creates intricate mandalas and fine line art on paper, canvas, fabric, clay and wood, bringing together fine art and everyday functional pieces. Her work is mostly black and white, with layered touches of watercolor and acrylic that bring each design to life.

She draws inspiration from cultural motifs, small everyday moments, and the ways people are connected to one another. For Praveena, drawing is a meditative process. Every line is intentional, yet it flows from intuition, and each finished piece is meant to invite people to slow down, breathe, and find a quiet moment for themselves.

At SAWE, Shilpi leads promotions and marketing for our Coffee Meets across Facebook groups, helping micro entrepreneurs in Greater Seattle find their way to SAWE. She also builds bridges between women in the community through personal, meaningful conversations, and makes sure members feel supported by one another.

Outside SAWE, Shilpi is the founder of Joyful Relationship Coaching, a practice that helps women build a deeper relationship with themselves and create healthier, more connected marriages. With eight years of experience across 1:1, group, and hybrid coaching, she helps women understand their emotional patterns, grow their self awareness, and find the confidence to speak their truth and share what they feel and need.

Her approach is practical. She gives women tools to take charge of their relationships and build strategies that fit their own lives. Rather than simply fixing problems, she helps couples close the gaps in emotional, physical, and intellectual connection, so their marriages grow in trust, confidence, and closeness.

At SAWE, Shipra is part of the Training and Development team, helping members build expertise across different areas of business through sessions with industry experts. She is also the WhatsApp community admin and coordinator, where she keeps conversations active through structured discussions and encourages members to participate and support one another.

Outside SAWE, Shipra is the founder of Optimatrix Investments, a practice built on the belief that good financial knowledge should be available to everyone, not just Wall Street insiders. She works directly with individuals, from first time investors to experienced traders, breaking down equity and options markets into practical education that fits each person's goals and experience.

Her work covers everything from basic financial literacy to advanced options strategies, combining careful analysis with genuine mentorship. She helps clients think through the balance between growth and protecting against losses, and understand strategies that aim to generate income over time. For Shipra, clarity always comes before complexity. Her goal is for every client to walk away feeling informed, confident, and in control of their financial future.