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Service & Community

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

Research leadership

Research leadership

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)

University

University

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.

University

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.

Community

Community

Environmental Awareness and Sustainability Initiatives Steering Committee Member and Task Force Lead, Santa Clara Unified School District

I helped integrate environmental curriculum into the syllabus and create a structure that connected students, parents, and other stakeholders across 30+ schools in the district. As the only high school student in a leadership position, I worked directly with the superintendent to monitor impact of new environmental policies on the school grounds.

Community

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

National Merit Scholar California Seal of Biliteracy Taco Bell Live Mas Scholar AP Scholar with Distinction (18 APs taken) Nancy Reagan Centennial Scholarship Coolidge Senator C-SPAN StudentCam Top 150 Documentary Winner National Champion ARTBA Scholarship President's Volunteer Service Gold Medal National 4th position, United States Varsity Geography Olympiad Silver Key Winner Scholastic Art and Writing Awards National Champion NSF Senior Geography Bee California State Runner-up, National Geographic GeoBee Presidential Scholarship Semifinalist SAT 1590