California Institute of Technology

Research/STEM activities
Paid intern, Levi Lab at UC Berkeley...Researched the relationship between amblyopia and attention Interned in Whitney Lab at UC Berkeley...Researched the effect of ensemble perception in perceiving race...Research assistant at the Science Internship Program at UC Santa Cruz...Studied how a virtual reality program affects WiSTEM, published in peer reviewed journal...Coded MATLAB program to display stimuli and collect/analyze participant data...AMC, Mandelbrot, and CAML Competition participant.

Prior to Caltech
Junior Nationals Championship Bronze Medalalist...Four-year varsity starter...Varsity MVP...Two-time varsity Most Inspirational Player...Two-Time All-League First Team...De Anza Division Freshman of the Year...Central Coast Section Quarterfinalist and Semifinalist...El Camino League Champion...Mt. Madonna Champion and All-Tournament Team...Valedictorian...U.S. Presidential Scholar Nominee...Three-time National French Contest Gold Medalist...National Merit Finalist...Scored perfectly on APCS A...AP Scholar with Distinction...French National Honor Society...SCVMA Math Contest...French Club Presiden... Society of Psychology and Sociology Vice President...LEO Club Vice President.

Personal
Born in Poway, Calif.....Daughter of Min Shao and Kay Hsu...Has one older brother, Andrew...Skilled with piano, Adobe Photoshop and juggling.