Prerna is a PhD student at MIT CSAIL, advised by Dr. Hal Abelson. She also collaborates with Dr. Cynthia Breazeal (MIT Media Lab) and Dr. Eric Klopfer (MIT STEP). She graduated from MIT in 2024 with an S.M. in Computer Science.

Her research focuses on designing AI-powered educational tools that foster social collaboration, equity, and creativity. She develops inclusive tools that
empower diverse stakeholders to responsibly engage, learn, and create with AI. She has developed frameworks for evaluating Human-AI Interaction,
Discourse Analysis, and AI Literacy in diverse contexts. She engages in ethnographic fieldwork, participatory design, system development, and evaluation.

She received her B.S. in Computer Science (2022) from Georgia Tech, where she was advised by Dr. Thad Starner. Under his supervision, she built sign language recognition models and integrated those into educational games for deaf kids. She also collaborated with Dr. Neha Kumar and Dr. Betsy Disalvo on investigating the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in underresourced settings in the Global South.