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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