Anjali Reddy Kapila is a Graduate Research Assistant working with GCOOS and the Coastal and Marine Geospatial Lab (CMGL) at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. Here tasks include reviewing and updating metadata from observing stations.

Anjali grew up in Hyderabad, India where she did her undergraduate degree in Information Technology. She was always passionate about leadership which led her to run a club called GNU Linux Users Group, where she contributed to the free software movement and conducted workshops for her fellow students. Anjali loves playing the keyboard, singing, and dancing. She won third prize for a poem on Women’s Empowerment at the University level among her many accolades.