Swathy has an undergraduate degree in Economics, and an MBA in Finance. She worked in software testing and privatization initiatives at Federal research facilities before deciding to focus on her two passions: volunteering and the arts. For the past 10 years, she has focused on volunteer work at non-profits and teaching classical music lessons to over 100 children in all. Her students have performed at the Interfaith Roundtable concerts at the Salt Lake Tabernacle. Swathy is on the Board of Channing Hall, an International Baccalaureate charter school in Draper, and has also served on the Board of the India Cultural Center in South Jordan. She lives in South Jordan, UT, with her husband Maha and their three kids.