Ria Sethi

Ria Sethi joins Momentum this fall as the Impact & Insights Intern, where she’ll support fundraising, impact measurement, and leadership through research, data analysis, and strategic project work. She is currently pursuing her MBA at UAB’s Collat School of Business with a concentration in Health Services, building on a B.S. in Neuroscience from UAB, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude.

One piece of advice that’s stuck with Ria: rest is productive. When leading Mental Health Ambassadors programming at UAB, she emphasized how essential recharging is to showing up at your best. It’s a philosophy she already lives out by staying active, whether she’s dancing competitively or training for a marathon; for her, movement is a way to clear her mind, blow off steam, and build community all at once.

Ria credits much of her drive to her mom, one of her biggest role models. The first woman in her extended family to work outside the home, her mom went on to earn two degrees while raising three kids. She is now a lead software engineer at a defense company, proof, Ria says, that you can accomplish anything you set your mind to.

Already in her first weeks with Momentum, Ria has enjoyed stories of so many accomplished, hard working women, and seeing firsthand the confidence Momentum helps women build. It’s already expanding her own mindset and pushing her to take agency in her future.

Ria is an artist at heart, with a love for painting, crafts, and graphic design.