About Me

Hi!
I’m Arushi Nath, a high school student in Toronto.

I love listening to pop music, rock climbing, and monitoring near-Earth and potentially hazardous asteroids for planetary defense.

I build algorithms to characterize asteroids using open data, telescopes, and open networks. My work led me to win Canada’s Top Young Scientist Award in 2022 and 2023.

In Grade 8, I lost access to a school bus and started taking public transit. I began noticing overflowing garbage, broken bus shelters, streetcar short turns, and obstructed walk lights that made daily commute harder than it needed to be.

I turned to what I am good at: analyzing open data, developing algorithms, writing to people, and my belief that even complex problems can be solved if they are broken into smaller, solvable ones.

Better My City grew out of this idea.

It shows how technology can be applied for the public good — whether protecting Earth from asteroids or improving local public services.

And you do not need to be of voting age to make a difference.