California Institute of Technology

Research and STEM Activities:

Completed computational psychology research at Yale... Worked on two research projects with research groups at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, working with Professor Victor Lubecker and Mr. Mahmud Islam on creating a noise-canceling system that would allow a moving drone to measure respiration with Doppler radar; contributed by creating the adaptive filter and running it on code-generated and experimentally recorded radar signals... With Professor Yao Zheng and Mr. Khaldoon Ishmael, worked on project focused on creating a WiFi-card based system that used Doppler radar to measure respiratory rate for COVID-19 screening purposes; contributed by writing the algorithm that processed the radar measurements to extract the breathing rate.

Before Caltech:

Academics: Presidential Scholar semifinalist... National Merit Scholar... National Hispanic Recognition Program recipient... Regeneron Science Talent Search scholar (2021)... National Honorable Mention in National Center for Women & Information Technoloy (NCWIT) Award for "Aspirations in Computing" (2021)... Congressional Award (Silver Medal)... Best in Fair at Honolulu District Science/Engineering Fair (2021)... AP Capstone Diploma Scholar with Distinction... State ISEF finalist (2020, 2021)... Placed first in National Security Agency Research Directorate (HSSEF Special Award, 2021)... University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Engineering Award (HSSEF Special Award, 2021)... First-place recipient of IEEE award... Placed first in KHS American Mathematics Competition (2020, 2021)... George Washington Book award receipient.

Athletics: Placed third in 50th Annual Hawaii Invitational Water Polo Tournament (2018) on Oahu Combo (18U)... Placed 7th at 2017-2018 OIA East Water Polo Playoffs... Earned "Iron Falcon" recognition from participating in 4 varsity sports during one school year... Earned "Trifecta" recognition for participating in 3 varsity sports during the 2018 school year.

Personal:

Daughter of Olga and Victor... Older sister to Teo... Favorite part about Caltech is meeting people from all over the world with an incredible amount of drive... Likes Caltech Athletics because it provides a support system.