Meenakshi Mukerji was born and raised in Kolkata, India. She has a BS in electrical engineering from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, and a master's degree in computer science from Portland State University, Oregon. She worked in the software industry for more than a decade before attending a class by Doug Philips, at which point she started folding modular origami and displaying it on her website. In 2005, Origami USA presented her with the Florence Temko award for her exceptional contribution to origami.

Her website: http://www.origamee.net/