Leadership

Girls Who Code President

I have been the president of the Girls Who Code club at my school since sophomore year. Through our club, we teach girls Java, invite women from diverse STEM career fields to speak to our members, organize competitions like Digital Divas, introduce new STEM opportunities, and offer tutoring for AP Computer Science courses. Girls Who Code is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting and increasing the number of women in computer science. You can find out website here!

National Honor Society President

I ran for National Honor Society Officer in May of 2024 and was elected President. The National Honor Society is an application-based honor society with the goal of encouraging service to the community and providing opportunities to motivate students to maximize their potential. Selection for this position was based off of teacher recommendations, officer votes, academic standing, member votes, campaign video, and points within the club gained through volunteering. Through this position I am in charge of managing the NHS officer team, updating the website, managing social media accounts, organizing point opportunities and meetings, reviewing applications, and leading trivia nights. You can learn more about McNeil NHS on our website!

Sophomore Class President

I have been a member of Student Council since my freshmen year. In May 2022, I ran for Sophomore Class President and won against five other competitors. I then represented my class of 650 students, assist in organizing school events, oversee the morning announcements, and lead the Student Council club at our school. Here is my election video:

GAAAE (Greater Austin Association of Asian Engineers)
Youth Chapter Vice President

The GAAAE is a non-profit organization comprising engineers and technical professionals of Asian origin. It aims to strengthen the Asian-American relationship, foster communication between technical organizations in the US and abroad, support charitable causes, assist engineering students locally and nationally, and facilitate networking events. In March 2024, I was elected as the Vice President of the newly founded Youth Chapter of GAAAE. In this role, I organize events such as the GAAAE Women’s Conference, volunteer activities with the Central Texas Food Bank, and workshops for elementary and middle school students. For more information about GAAAE, please visit our website at https://gaaaetx.org/.

Engineering Club Officer

I have been involved with the Engineering Club at our school since freshman year. After participating in meetings and activities, I ran for an officer position and served as the Merchandise Coordinator during my sophomore year. In this role, I organized and distributed club t-shirts, developed instant challenges, and maintained communication with members. In my junior year, I was elected as Historian. This position involved managing the club’s Instagram, updating the website, capturing photos during meetings and events, and designing and posting flyers around the school before each meeting.

For more information about the Engineering Club, please visit our website: McNeil High Engineering Club. You can also find updates on our Instagram page: @mhs_engineering_club.

SAYA (Saint Alphonsa Youth Association)
Graphic Design Team Lead

I currently serve as the Graphic Design Team Lead within the youth association at my church. In this role, I oversee the creation and distribution of weekly schedules and flyers to all members. Additionally, I collaborate with other church organizers and volunteers to coordinate tasks and plan events. Below are examples of some of the flyers I’ve created:

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Education

Inspirit AI

I participated in the global Inspirit AI Scholars Program by Stanford University and MIT in December of 2021, where I got to collaborate with high school kids across the world. The program introduced me to the foundations of linear regression, logistic regression, NLPs, neural networks, convolutional neural networks, and supervised machine learning.

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Certificates of completion:

Independent Research Project

I worked on my own research project and paper with the help of mentor Philip Bell (Computer Science MS from Georgia Tech, Harvard and Oxford alum, AI Engineer at Cognino). The goal of the project was to predict the main factors of Texas public high schools that increase their likelihood of a high dropout rate. Data was provided by the TEA (Texas Education Agency) for this research project. This research will help combat the ongoing dropout rate crisis within the state of Texas and help the state allocate funding to districts that need the most support. My findings are published in a final research paper that also includes information about what our final discoveries tell us. I was then able to present my final research paper to the Research and Analysis Department at the TEA. Through the AP Research class at my school, I was able to further expand on my research.

Analyzing Factors Influencing High School Dropout Rates in Texas: A Data Mining Approach Post-Covid-19 Paper:

Texas Education Agency Response:

Udemy Mastering Machine Learning Course

I created a free course on using machine learning and artificial intelligence for research on the online platform Udemy. The course included 1.5 hours of lectures, 5 presentations, and over 10 additional resources. With over 1,400 enrollments from 106 countries, primarily India and the United States, the course has earned a 4.82-star rating. Through this course, I have helped AP Research students apply my machine learning approach to achieve 5s on their AP exams. It is now rated as one of the top machine learning courses on the platform.

Here is a link to the course: https://www.udemy.com/course/mastering-machine-learning-a-guide-to-research-publishing

Code Wizards

I have a strong background in Computer Programming and am proficient in multiple programming languages including java, python, HTML/CSS, javascript, and Linux. For over 4 years, I have taken advanced programming courses and done multiple projects in web development, VR game programming, database development, User Interface programming, Web App development, APIs and online multiplayer game development.

Across all projects and courses, I maintained a perfect score (100/100) in CodeWizards. I am currently at the highest level (Wizardry Level X) globally in the program. Below are some of my Code Wizards certifications:

Go Game

With the knowledge I gained through taking AP Computer Science Principles, AP Computer Science A, and Computer Science 3, my friend and I created an online version of the famous Go Board Game.

Go, one of the world’s oldest board games and a favorite of my dad and me, is a strategic game played on a grid with black and white stones. Players strategically place stones to capture territory, aiming to outmaneuver their opponent by surrounding more space to secure victory.

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Competition

DECA (Business Club)

I have advanced to the International Career Development Conference (ICDC) and been a state finalist for the past three years. I have also been a Competition Committee Leader at our school’s DECA Chapter for three years. My partner and I competed in Buying and Merchandising Team Decision Making our freshmen and junior year. In this event you are given 30 minutes to read a business situation and come up with a marketing plan which you then present to a judge for 15 minutes. Our sophomore year, we competed in Integrated Marketing Campaign Event where we designed a marketing campaign for the world’s largest lantern festival:

Digital Divas

Digital Divas is an all-girls high school computer programming competition that was held at University of Texas at Arlington in 2024 with five divisions. The competition is sponsored by CSTA, State Farm, Google, and DigitalXForce. The competition seeks to continue the tradition of introducing girls to computer science and promote the presence of women in the STEM work force.

As Girls Who Code President, I advocated for participation in this competition and had three teams compete from our club within varying divisions. I competed in the Novice Division (the second division) with two other girls and we placed 1st across the entire competition.

NCWIT
(National Center for Women & Information Technology)

NCWIT or the National Center for Women & Information Technology is a nonprofit organization that works to increase participation of girls and women in computing. NCWIT’s Aspirations in Computing (AiC) High School Award honors 9^th-12^th grade women, genderqueer, and non-binary students for their computing-related achievements and interests, and encourages them to pursue their passions. Award recipients are selected based on their aptitude and aspirations in technology and computing, as demonstrated by their computing experience, computing-related activities, leadership experience, tenacity in the face of barriers to access, and future plans.

I have been a Greater Austin Affiliate Winner for the past two years. I have attended the Affiliate Award Ceremony held at the University of Texas as Austin for this competition and I continue to spread the word about NCWIT to other girls within my school. Specifically, through Girls Who Code, all our members are educated and encouraged to apply for the award, and I started an NCWIT workshop within our club to help new applicants on their essays and application process. Additionally, we were able to get one of the NCWIT board members to give a lecture at one of our meetings about her experiences in technology.

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Work Experience

Austin Urban Technology Movement

Austin Urban Technology Movement’s mission is to bridge the gap between the Black and Hispanic communities and the technology industry through job placement, career development, and networking opportunities. I was a Technology/Software Engineer Intern that assisted in designing, developing, and maintaining software solutions. This role involved coding, testing, and debugging software applications under the guidance of senior developers. Responsibilities also include providing technical support, troubleshooting issues, and participating in software development projects. Within this internship, I was elected the Team Lead for all the Technology Interns and worked under the supervision of the AUTMHQ CEO, Michael Ward. Through this internship, I gained work and project-management experience by leading 3 main projects for the company: the Job Board Project, the Learning Management System (LMS) project, and the Crypto Currency Project.

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Job Board project

AUTMHQ operates an online job board where Autmites can discover job opportunities aligning with their skills and interests within the community. Previously, volunteers manually updated the board weekly, requiring extensive research and data entry for each job. This project aimed to automate the process, reducing volunteer workload and ensuring consistent board updates. With collaboration from Nigel Gombakomba, a Product Manager at Atlassian, and AUTMHQ CEO Michael Ward, we developed a Python program to automate job board updates, sourcing positions from companies like Microsoft, Google, and IBM. Explore the Job Board here!

Learning Management system (LMS)

The organization’s current LMS relies on Glide, a low-code app builder application. While this platform served adequately in the company’s early years, its limitations such as lack of customization and user restrictions became apparent over time. To address these issues, our objective was to develop a new LMS using Microsoft Power Apps, a platform known for its robust features. For this project, we worked with organization volunteer John Trevino who is a lead data analyst for the City of Austin as well as Michael Ward. Throughout the project, we successfully implemented enhancements like user profiles and certification support that were absent in the previous application. While the new app awaits public deployment, you can still download the existing Glide app here.

Crypto currency project

Our primary goal for this project was to implement an LTC/DOGE Miner for the organization to effectively monitor and optimize profit generation. Python and various online applications played crucial roles in realizing this objective. Unlike previous endeavors where volunteers from the organization took the lead, this initiative was spearheaded by interns. Drawing on the groundwork laid by former interns, we strategically utilized online resources throughout the project lifecycle. As the intern overseeing this project, my responsibilities included assigning weekly tasks and coordinating efforts to develop our final output: a fully functional DOGE Miner.

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City of Austin
Communications and Public Information Office

I was the Communications and Public Information Office Intern for the 2024 year. Through this internship, I was in charge of helping lead department initiatives such as the Austin Against Hate Initiative. The CPIO had also worked with the Department of Public Safety to begin developing an online hate crime dashboard for the public to gain information about city sentiment and hate crimes. After helping with this project and developing the dashboard, I proposed a data analysis project to further understand how city sentiment related to and was influenced by hate crime occurrences within different districts. After being approved by the department, I trained machine learning models using TensorFlow and Python in Google Collab and created a model that was able to accurately predict district sentiment based on hate crime occurrences. I created a final presentation that I presented to the department at the end of the internship. Currently, the department is able to use my model to compare district sentiment to the model predictions. Discrepancies between the predictions and actual sentiment indicates to the department that outreach is needed within that district to help citizens feel content and safe in their community. You can visit the public dashboard here.

City of Austin
Digital Services Department

During the summer of 2024, I had the opportunity to shadow the City of Austin Digital Services Department. This experience allowed me to gain insights into their processes for creating and maintaining City of Austin websites. I actively contributed by assisting with one of their departmental requests, participating in team meetings, and engaging with developers to understand their collaborative approach in website development, deployment, and updates. They were even able to help me with this website as I told them about my own interest in web development and development.