California Institute of Technology

Research and STEM Activities

Was on NASA Mission Juno's science team, studying complex features of Jupiter's atmosphere... Was awarded a summer undergraduate research fellowship (SURF) stipend to work at JPL for Summer 2024, where she worked to characterize and simulate rainbow hazes in Jupiter's atmosphere using JunoCam... Served as a Lunar Trailblazer mission operations / ground data systems intern; the goal of the lunar orbiter is to search for evidence of water on the Moon; scheduled to launch December 2024... As a member of the Caltech Air and Outer Space club (CAOS), became a finalist at the 2024 NASA Big Ideas Challenge and won $150k in funding; was part of the initial proposal paper... Served as the Caltech Symphony Orchestra assistant principal section leader for two terms... Served as a Research Associate at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine / Montefiore Medical Center under Dr. Tim Duong (2021-2023)... Published as a first author on the paper, "Incidence, characteristics, risk factors and outcomes of diabetic ketoacidosis in COVID-19 patients: Comparison with influenza and pre-pandemic data" (link)... Published as a co-author on the paper, "COVID-19 Patients in the COVID-19 Recovery and Engagement (CORE) Clinics in the Bronx" (link); Published as a co-author on the paper, "Long-term outcomes of hospitalized SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 patients with and without neurological involvement: 3-year follow-up assessment" (link)... Other STEM activities include: Executive board member of three high school clubs (Science Olympiad, Mathletes, and Coding Club)... Member of Columbia University Science Honors Program (2020-2023)... Student of The Institute for Creative Problem Solving at SUNY Old Westbury (2019-2020).

Prior to Caltech

Academic Honors: High School Valedictorian... National Merit Finalist / Winner... Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholar 2023... New York Science and Engineering Fair 2nd Place... Junior Science and Humanities Symposium Semifinalist... WAC Science Fair 1st Place in Medicine and Health... AP Scholar with Distinction... Scholastic Art and Writing Awards Silver Key... National Honor Society.

Athletic Honors: All-County High School Volleyball Award (11th and 12th grade)... AAU nationals participation (2021)... Ran the Brooklyn Half Marathon, finishing 1st in her age group... Ran the Great South Bay Half Marathon, finishing 1st in her age group... Is a Marine Corps Virtual Marathon, BC100 Ultra Marathon (38 mi), and Saddle Up Ultra Marathon (31 mi) finisher... Served as the New Jersey and Adirondack Half Marathon pace team leader.

Musical Honors: Was a member of the Classical Viola / Orchestra- All-Eastern Symphony Orchestra, where she was All-State (New York) Symphony Orchestra... Played at the 43rd annual Kennedy Center Honors tribute performance to Midori Goto (one of 8 students selected nationwide)... Member of the Young Musicians Program of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (2019, 2022)... Was the Principal Orchestra Lead Violist of Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of New York (2016-2023).

Personal

Chose Caltech because of the incredible education in STEM unmatched by any other institution in the world... Appreciated the exciting research opportunities as well as the small and welcoming community... Also values proximity to peers that have the same intense passion for math and science she does... Was also excited to play volleyball at the collegiate level... Favorite part about Caltech is the collaborative nature and being immersed in the STEM world; also appreciates opportunity to work with brilliant minds on problem sets and fascinating research projects; learns much by being around different people... Enjoys being a Caltech student-athlete as it allows her to pursue her academic passions alongside playing a fun sport on a great team; also appreciates Caltech athletics staff who are supportive of her academic endeavors.