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San Francisco, CA, US

New York, New York, United States

Organize monthly events surrounding community service and political awareness for the Asian community on campus and in New York City in general. Lead internal bonding and recruitment as an executive board member. Work on production for fall fashion show and in charge of spring performing arts gala.

New York, New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

Selected as hubs + uprights system lead for 2025/2026 cars. Leading major centerlocking rims redesign project using vehicle dynamics and physics. Using SolidWorks for part design and manufacturing tools such as 3D printers, waterjets, and lasercutters.

New York, New York, United States

Worked on AI tool to assist pedestrian safety at street intersections through trajectory prediction. Assisted lab's VR visualization development in team of 4 students. Used Unity Engine and developing in C#.

Worked collaboratively with other students learning market research principles and doing weekly research projects. Created final market research presentation for company in the gaming space. Developed comprehensive understanding of the gaming industry and the essentials of user psychology/behavior.

New York, New York, United States

Creating community events for CS students at Columbia University. Engaging with alumni, professors, and students for joint events concerning career development.

National High School Model UN Conference 2023: Award of Excellence, Plenary Speaker in ICJ CommitteeStanford MUN Conference 2022: Commendation in UNHRC Committee

Developed open source software. Collaborative initiative with two other high schoolers. Privacy Redirect: A configurable web extension that redirects Twitter, Reddit, YouTube, Instagram, Google Translate, Google Maps, Google Search, and Medium to privacy friendly alternatives.Mabel: Newest release, a fancy BitTorrent client for the terminal.

Planned annual conference for women of color students in SF featuring industry leaders and role models. Focused on empowerment, activism, and STEM education. Ran panels and workshops, coordinated logistics and fundraisers, and managed team of students.

Conducted research on programs, including affinity spaces, outreach initiatives, and scholarship programs that support Latinx students at Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs). Developed a new model to better support and improve retention of students of color @ USF.

Designed and programmed a novel application of the generative WaveFunctionCollapse algorithm to create hip-hop music matching specific genres. Served as lead on all coding work, including teaching Python to team members. Worked with Department of Computational Media @ UCSC.

Focused on Write It Do It, in addition to Anatomy & Physiology, Codebusters, Astronomy, and Fermi Questions events.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Science, 3.85

Activities and Societies: Asian American Alliance, Formula Racing Club, WBAR (student radio station), Columbia Formula Racing Team (FSAE).

Education record

Activities and Societies: Riot Conference, Varsity Badminton, Science Olympiad, AAPI, South Asian Club

Pre-College, Piano / Technology & Applied Composition

Curriculum included chamber ensembles, composition, chorus, music theory, music production, and solo performance. Piano major 2012-2022.

Education record

Introduction To Python, Data Science/Machine Learning

Intensive Studies Summer Program (Introduction To Biomedical Studies, Neuroscience)