Anvita Ambardekar is a first-year engineering student at Johns Hopkins University, pediatric patient advocate, and Young Professionals Network Co-Chair and Advisory Board Member for the International Children’s Advisory Network (iCAN). She is also a former Medical Intelligence and Innovation Institute (MI4) intern at Rady Children’s Health Orange County. Drawing from her own experience living with Crohn’s disease, she is passionate about ensuring that patient voices are included in the development of new healthcare technologies. Anvita has worked with researchers, clinicians, industry leaders, and organizations including the FDA to bring pediatric patient perspectives into healthcare research and innovation. She aspires to work in the medical device industry and is especially interested in how emerging technologies, including AI, can be developed with patients as part of the process.