Alisha Saxena of Bellevue is one of 21 young women from across the country to be awarded a grant by ANN INC., the parent company of Ann Taylor and LOFT, and Vital Voices through the ANNpower Vital Voices Initiative, a partnership dedicated to investing in the next generation of female leaders.

The grant will help fund Alisha’s social change project within the community, which is focused on working on an online community of mentors and students that uses a crowd-sourcing model to deliver content that builds technical prowess from an early age.