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education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B.S. in Computer Science
IEEE/ACM, Publicity Chair (September 2023 - present)
Asian Christian Fellowship, Worship Team Leader (September 2023 - present)
Pi Beta Phi (September 2023 - present)
xFair (Career Fair) and TechX, DevOps & Logistics (September - February 2023)
Society of Women Engineers (October - February 2023)
August 2023 - present
La Canada High School
National English Honor Society, Co-Founder and Co-President (August 2021 - May 2023)
Ink and the Iris Literary Magazine, Co-President and Co-Editor-in-Chief (March 2020 - May 2023)
Science Olympiad, Vice President and Treasurer (August 2019 - May 2023)
Marching Band, Tuba and keyboard player (August 2019 - May 2023)
August 2019 - June 2023
technical
MIT Sloan School of Management, Center for Collective Intelligence Lab
Undergraduate Researcher (UROP) creating database open-source site of human-AI performance metrics
September 2023 - present
Macmillan Publishers
Platform Development Micro-Intern (Computer Vision) using Voyager to find best match book covers
January 2024
MIT Media Lab, Scratch Foundation
Undergraduate Researcher (UROP) training and incorporating GPT-4 into blocks and built-in chatbot
September - December 2023
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Cyber Security Intern collecting inventory data and developing API plan
May - July 2023
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Space Academy Intern designing projectile launcher for Mars Yard
October - December 2021
University of Washington
Technical Writing Intern proofreading quantum computing textbook under Prof. M.P. Anantram
June - August 2022
Department of State TechGirls Program
U.S. Ambassador selected for global exchange program focused on web development
May - August 2021
Carnegie Mellon CS Scholars
Pre-College Student studying Python under Prof. Kelly Rivers and launching CS education equity project
June - August 2021
Seaside Sustainability
Technology Intern developing dynamic web-based sustainability calculator quiz and creating Hubspot guide
December 2020 - May 2021
creative
National Youth Poet Laureate Runner-up
West Regional Youth Poet Laureat; performed for NPR, Kennedy Center in Washington DC, White House, etc.
January 2022 - January 2023
Los Angeles Youth Poet Laureate
Winner; performed for The Broad Museum, LA Public LIbrary, LA Times Festival of Books, etc.
June 2021 - June 2022
The Lumiere Review
Founder and Editor-in-Chief curating literary pieces and managing web and media presence
April 2020 - present
Polyphony Lit
Editor-in-Chief, Blog Managing Editor, and Teaching Assistant managing staff of 300+ high school editors
July 2019 - August 2023
I-CREATE YOUTH
Founder and Executive Director hosting coding and writing workshops, fellowship programs, digital exhibitions, etc.
June 2020 - July 2023
Adroit Journal Summer Mentorship Program
Poetry Mentee under Mario Chard curating award-winning portfolio
June - August 2021
Iowa Young Writers' Studio
Student under Jane Huffman curating portfolio and attending worshops
June 2021
Kenyon Review Young Writers' Workshop
Student under Amy Wright curating portfolio and attending workshops
June - July 2021
Braille Institute
Volunteer Workshop Teacher for classes on audiopoetry, HTML/CSS, songwriting, etc.
June 2020 - July 2022
Disability Rights Legal Center
Technology Volunteer managing database of past volunteer records and transcribing voice messages
January - May 2021
Palette Poetry, Carve Magazine, Breakbread Literacy Project
Poetry Reader providing feedback on and accepting/rejecting submitted poems
January 2021 - December 2022