Samaira Mehta

Samaira Mehta is an American coder and board game designer. She is the founder and chief executive officer of CoderBunnyz, a company that produces a board game of the same name for teaching children how to code.

Life Mehta is from Santa Clara, California. Her father is an engineer. She began coding when she was 6 years old with her father as her teacher. She created the board game CoderBunnyz, with the help of her little brother, to teach other children how to code. After she came up with the game's design, she worked with graphics designers and game manufacturers in China and New Zealand. She first started presenting at workshops at the Santa Clara City Library. Mehta aims to eliminate gender bias and increase the number of women in engineering.

CoderBunnyz The name "CoderBunnyz" combines her interest in board games and coding with bunnies, her favorite animal.