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California, United States

Sociology Department

Annotated police bodycam footage for acts of force used during police-civilian interactions to train AI. Worked with a team to specify key interactions while studying acts of force between police, civilian, and other authorities.

Advised Princeton students on their career paths through 1 on 1 consultations, presentations, workshops, and job fairs.

Sociology & Computer Science Department

Designed an interview study on + interviewed 50+ minority and first-gen, low-income STEM students on their educational experience during the pandemic. The results were used to suggest solutions for professors to improve their curriculum such that first-gen, low-income students have better access to resources in order to succeed in the classroom.

Princeton, New Jersey, United States

Mentored 12 incoming first-gen, low-income students during the pandemic as they learned how to tackle a rigorous curriculum at Princeton.

Compiled data from antibiotic resistance studies on third-world countries and ran quantitative analyses on Peru, Cameroon, and more countries’ antibiotic resistance, specifically regarding MRSA, E. Coli, K. Pneumoniae, and Acinetobacter.

Wrote a literature review on potential effective biomaterials for utilizing microspheres as microcarriers for cartilage tissue engineering

Outreach + entrepreneurial pitch competition logistics. Learned that top VC firms sometimes undervalue investment opportunities because of knowledge gaps.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Neuroscience

Activities and Societies: Princeton Women in Computer Science, Entrepreneurship Club, Peer Career Advisor, Princeton Neuroscience Network.

Education record

Activities and Societies: ETSU Health Leadership Summit, FIRST Robotics, Future Business Leaders of America, Johnson City Public Library.