Outreach
I worked closely with a local San Diego middle school to showcase how fun a career in engineering can be. Having grown up with zero ties to the STEM industry, I was overwhelmed to enter college and find folks around me coming in with high school internships, years of coding experience, parent mentors in big tech/positions of power, etc. However, I am blessed to have found mentors in college that really changed my life. They showed me ropes that I didn’t know existed, took risks on me that I didn’t think I deserved, and taught me what kind of person I wanted to become. These were the people that helped me grow and convinced me that yes, I belong here. Seeing how big an impact my mentors made on my life, I wish to do the same for others, especially those who can relate with my struggles. By giving back to the community, I aim to inspire and help others like how my mentors did for me. Our industry collaborations included folks from Microsoft, Qualcomm, F5, Instagram, TikTok, and more.
Talks & Activities
| Date | Type | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 2022 | Poster | Presented at the NeurIPS 2022 poster session in New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Oct 2022 | Poster | Presented at the Institute for Learning-Enabled Optimization at Scale (TILOS) 2022 poster session in La Jolla Shores |
| Sep 2022 – Jun 2023 | Mentoring | Mentored 4 undergrads in the UCSD Early Research Scholars Program (ERSP) |
| May 2022 | Outreach | Hosted CodeChella, an escape-room themed STEM competition, for Castle Park Middle School |
| Sep 2021 | Talk | Talk on leadership for Microsoft summer interns 2021 |
| May 2021 | Talk | Talk on machine learning at the Global AI Student Conference 2021 |
| May 2021 | Workshop | Machine learning workshop for San Diego State University (SDSU) with HKNxIEEE |
| May 2021 | Workshop | Machine learning workshop for Microsoft Reactor |
| Mar 2021 | Talk | Talk on machine learning and college readiness for university students in Nepal |
| Jan 2021 | Workshop | Machine learning workshop for the Microsoft ambassador AI/ML League |
| Nov 2020 | Talk | Invited talk representing North America for Microsoft #SeasonsOfServerless Episode 1 |
| Jul 2020 | Outreach | Hosted an AI Gaming Tournament for a university in Canada |
| Jun 2020 | Talk | Invited talk on leadership for Microsoft summer interns 2020 |
| Nov 2019 | Workshop | Cloud computing and computer vision workshop at UCSD with CSES |
| Oct 2019 | Workshop | Helped run a technical .NET workshop with Sarah Guthals and Scott Hanselman |
| Oct 2019 | Outreach | Hosted an inspire session for Microsoft student ambassadors around the globe |
| Sep 2019 | Panel | Student panelist for UCSD CSE Orientation |
| Jun 2019 | Poster | Presented at the UCSD Undergraduate Research Symposium poster session |
| May 2019 | Panel | Student panelist for UCSD Triton Day 2019 CSE Orientation |