California Institute of Technology

Research and STEM Activities  

Served as a mechanical engineering intern at Terran Orbital during Summer 2024, working with their mechanical engineering design team on a number of projects... Completed a summer undergraduate research fellowship (SURF) at the University of Colorado Boulder in 2022... Worked for the IMPACT lab working with space dust and plasma... Developed project that created a setup for the lab's dust accelerator to take a look at the difference in impact charge caused by a change in target temperature... Completed CSBR Virtual Aerospace Internship in 2020... Worked with students of all ages to complete fun activities and heard from a number of large aerospace companies.

Before Caltech

Academics: National Merit Commended Scholar... National Honor Society... Academic First-Team All-State... Academic First-Team All-League... Academic Letter, Honor Roll... Senior Class Treasurer.

Athletics: Basketball: Second Team All-League and Captain Senior Year... Three-year varsity letter. Softball: First Team All-League 2021... Regional Champion 2019... Three-year varsity letter. Track: 4x400m 8th place state finisher 2019... Four-year varsity letter.

Personal

Daughter of Scott and Becky... Younger sister to Bobby... Favorite part about Caltech is the people, saying that "they are truly what gets you through the school year. Those rough days, long nights completing problem sets, and tough practices, the people are what pushes you through it. I am truly grateful for all of the amazing friends I have made at Caltech." ... Also likes Caltech because she is able to receive a great education while participating in sports; additionally, appreciates the drive of the students... Enjoys being a Caltech student-athlete because it provides "the best of both worlds with athletics and academics. You are competing at an extremely high level athletically with other extremely dedicated athletes, while getting a degree from one of the best institutions in the entire world. It doesn't get better than that." ... Also appreciates the bond with supportive teammates.