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San Luis Obispo County, California, United States

• Collaborated with Membership Core to Engage Cal Poly SWE members• Ran and organized SWE's booth at Cal Poly's Week of Welcome (WOW) Club Showcase

San Luis Obispo County, California, United States

• Redesigned and revitalized Tau Beta Pi California Mu chapter's website• Coordinated chapter's LinkedIn and Instagram Posts

San Luis Obispo County, California, United States

• Performed the morning bake prior to opening and ensured the correct numbers were met while producing high quality goods • Assisted in engineering new and innovative recipes and flavors• Collaborated with co-works to ensure daily production list was complete by the end of the day• Worked in a fast pace environment which often required utilization of my creative problem solving skills• Trained incoming bakers to perform high quality bakes

Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, United States

• Collaborated with a team in the development phase of a new blood collection product• Investigated methods to measure anticoagulant concentration to improve BD's capabilities through an in-depth literature review• Designed and executed blood gas studies that utilized thin film tonometry and a blood gas analyzer• Utilized Minitab to conduct an ANOVA analysis and crafted graphs to represent data• Aided team members with data analysis to assist in root cause analysis• Networked with professionals in R&D, Medical Affairs, Quality, and Regulatory to expand my knowledge of the medical device space• Culminated my summer by presenting at a poster session and preparing a slide deck to multiple interdisciplinary teams

San Luis Obispo, California, United States

• Led Fiji team in cultural education which included discussions on designing for social justice, ethical engineering, and empowering communities through design (02/2023-02/2024). • Carefully crafted and revised the weekly newsletter that is sent to over 1,000 current and past students• Recorded detailed meeting minute notes for weekly Officer Board meetings

San Luis Obispo County, California, United States

In this lab, under Dr. Trevor Cardinal's guidance we are examining how blood flow of skeletal muscles is effected by arteriogenesis initiated by injected fibroblasts. The goal of this research is to contribute to the development of a cell-based therapy that can treat peripheral artery disease. As a member of the surgical team I am responsible for performing various in-vivo procedures including femoral artery ligation, perfusion fixation, and casting. I am also trained in lab safety and animal test-subject ethics.

San Luis Obispo, California, United States

Mentored by Dr. Alan Zhang of the Mechanical Engineering Department I was a member of a student research team working on designing an upper-limb, tensegrity-based exoskeleton. Throughout the course of this project I performed an extensive review of literature where I examined the current role of social justice and DEI in engineering. I then transferred this knowledge to shape our design framework to ensure that we were utilizing a user-centric design framework that would allow us to manufacture an equitable and sustainable design.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering, 3.84

Activities and Societies: Tau Beta Pi, Society of Women Engineers, Chabad on Campus, Engineers without Borders, EMPOWER, Distance.

High School Diploma, 4.0 Uw

Activities and Societies: Sports Medicine Club, HOSA -Future Health Professionals, Science Olympiad, National Honor Society, Math Team.