Born in Hayward, California, Ambika Dubey is an undergraduate student in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.S., 2018). In this this interview, Dubey describes her childhood growing up in California and India, experience as a Computer Science student, involvement in student groups and the local SWE (Society of Women Engineers) chapter, among other student groups, as well as her intellectual path that led her to want to pursue a career in computing.