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Naperville, Il, Us

Naperville, Il, Us

Lexington, Massachusetts, United States

(Two separate research projects.) Developing robust knowledge of various natural language processing (NLP) libraries, used NLP to analyze flagged X datasets from the anti-Uyghur detention crisis in Xinjiang through its associated domestic influence operations and discovered trends in data through various analysis methods including Latent Dirichlet Allocation topic modeling and NLTK Sentiment Intensity Analysis. Took experience to a HuggingFace-sourced CNN/CNBC coverage of the Israel-Hamas conflict, discovered trends in data through various analysis methods including BERTopic modeling and sentiment classification. Presented and won medals at various national conferences. Currently mentoring an underclassman on the Israel-Hamas conflict project by teaching him NLP and reviewing his manuscripts. Research mentored by staff at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory (contact for name).

Aurora, Illinois, United States

(LEAD stands for Leadership, Education, and Development.) Teaching leadership content every Wednesday night to sophomores, adapting to different classrooms and situations, keeping modules fun through creating slideshows and activities, working closely with co-facilitator to keep modules running smoothly.

Aurora, Illinois, United States

Work with a co-president to manage a 10-person board and 20+ general members, planted 100+ trees around campus, host popular Sustainability Week with many fun events, promoting sustainability through events and service opportunities on campus.

Aurora, Illinois, United States

Leading 6-committee coalition of >60 members and 12-person board, performing outreach with numerous organizations/guest speakers to advocate for racial justice, developing diverse curricula at school, advocating for wellness of juveniles in justice system.

Aurora, Illinois, United States

Working closely with 10-person board and chapter representative from the American Cancer Society (ACS), raised over $2,000 sent directly to ACS, persevered through administrative changes and fundraising struggles, reviving Relay Race at IMSA post-pandemic.

Naperville, Illinois, United States

(Working with my self-employed dad to fix up houses around the Chicagoland area.) Writing and sending out client invoices, moving heavy furniture and appliances up and down stairwells, working with clients to make sure they’re satisfied with the work we’ve done, translating between father and client, collecting checks.

Normal, Illinois, United States

Researching gamification as a pedagogy, learning C+ and Unity Game Engine, reading many papers on motivation theory to understand how game features affect motivation, creating prototype game utilizing SDT and intrinsic motivation by April 2024. Mentored by a professor at ISU (contact for name).

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Science, Freshman

Senior (10Th-12Th)

Activities and Societies: Student Coalition for Racial Justice LEAD (Leadership Education and Development) Club Terra Relay for Life.

Freshman (9Th)

Activities and Societies: Science Olympiad Model United Nations Youth and Government Environmental Society GEMSI attended Waubonsie Valley.