Born and raised in Vietnam, I am an undergraduate studying Computer Science at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, USA (Cal Poly Pomona). I am passionate about the intersection of technology and education, and I plan to be a software engineer fluent in Java, C++, and ABAP programming languages. Besides formal courses at school, I have studied by myself to understand more about different aspects of computer science: Linux, C#, Python, and Machine Learning. As a female, first-generation, transfer, and low-income student in STEM, I put myself out there to join the solution of closing the gender inequality gap: I participate and speak up my voice. Currently, I am an active member of the Break Through Tech AI program (an initiative of Cornell Tech), a virtual cohort of female and non-binary students who are starting their careers in machine learning and data science. I am also a scholar in the SPIRES (Scholars Program in Research, Education, and Science) community, a National Science Foundation funded program in the College of Science, Cal Poly Pomona (NSF grant 1834186).Besides academia, I love doing extra-curricular activities. For the academic year 2024-2025, I am proud to be the Mentorship Chair of the sheCodes club (Cal Poly Pomona’s ACM-W chapter—Association for Computing Machinery, a global organization that advocates for the full engagement of women in all aspects of the computing field). I also work as a Tutor and a Peer Mentor for the Reading and Mentoring Program (RAMP)—a federally funded U.S. TRIO Student Support Service that helps increase the retention and graduation rates of low-income, first-generation peers, and students with disabilities at Cal Poly Pomona. For the summer of 2024, I was a Summer Associate for Maximizing Engineering Potential (MEP) & Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) program, where my team and I helped welcome and introduce the first-year and transfer students to the school’s resources. My Clifton Strengths: Activator | Adaptability | Restorative | Individualization | Context