Sandhya Laddha is the Advocacy and Policy Director at Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition where she works with the community members, electeds, decision makers and other stakeholders to make it safer for people walking and biking. She moved to the United States in 2018 from India, where she did her undergrad in Architecture, followed by a Masters in Urban and Regional Planning. She has worked in various sectors, like rural development, parking, and urban street design and waste management. She is a trained classical dancer and an entrepreneur, having started two ventures: one on waste management for a town and another where she made handicrafts with her BFF.