Leadership & Awards

Below, you will find my leadership experiences and awards. For sake of brevity, not everything is included.

Student Senator, University of Washington

As a designated student Senator at the University of Washington, I represent a constituency of around 1000 students in the university’s student governing body. I work with other senators to craft and vote on legislation that makes the campus more safe, sustainable, and a fun place to learn. I am part of the following committees: General Affairs, Campus Affairs, Oversight, and Governance.

Project Lead, AIEA Lab

At the Artificial Intelligence Explainability and Accountability(AIEA) Lab, UC Santa Cruz, I lead a team of 5-6 fellow researchers in the area of large language model robustness. (See the ‘Publications’ tab for more)

President and Founder, CESA

I started and lead Computing for Environmental and Social Advocacy (CESA), an Allen-school affiliated student organization focusing on computer science-based solutions to social and environmental issues.

Learn more here.

Board Member and Advocacy Chair, Santa Clara Unified Council of PTAs

Representing 30+ high schools in the board of the Parent-Teacher-Student Association for promoting student interests to school, local and state administrators and lawmakers, and coordinating actions among parents, students and school chapters.
Achievements:

  1. Lobbied the district to replace single-use plastic in school cafeterias
  2. Hosted and moderated candidate forum for SCUSD Board of Trustees election
  3. Worked to bring mental health resources to all students in SCUSD schools


Only student on the board.

Awards