Olisa Chakraborty - 2003

Although moving to the Edenwald Housing Projects in 1997 was a major move for Olisa

and her family, one thing that always stayed consistent was the importance of education

no matter where they went. Olisa began high school at Evander Childs in 1999 where,

after a routine visit to the school’s College Advisor in 2003, she was introduced to the

Juanita James Scholarship Foundation. That same year, she became one of the two

recipients of the scholarship and started her freshman year at Baruch College in the

Fall. In 2006, after completing a major in Computer Information Systems and a minor in

Psychology, she graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration. In 2007 she

returned to her alma mater and graduated with an MBA in Computer Information

Systems in 2009. Olisa began her career as an adjunct instructor in 2010 and as a

software engineer in 2011. She was eventually invited back to Baruch to teach in 2018

where she taught a range of programming classes until 2023. Currently she juggles

being a full time Engineering Manager, a full time co-owner of Tablecloth Bakery

(founded in 2019) and a full time mom!

Olisa, her husband, Abhi, and son, Zane live in Nyack, NY.

(May, 2025)