As a civil engineering graduate with a focus on hydrology and water sciences, I am passionate about using modeling to understand and mitigate the impacts of extreme weather events on communities and infrastructure. My research with the NSF PREEVENTS REU program involved parameterizing a landslide model and developing a flood mass balance model for the Nooksack River, which has given me hands-on experience with Python, GIS software, climate data, and river discharge gage data.As a member of the UW CEE Undergraduate Student Board and the Washington Wave student club, I have also worked to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in engineering education and to explore innovative solutions to sustainability challenges.