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I graduated from Bloomington High School South in 2025 with a Core 40 Academic Honors Diploma. There, I was chosen as commencement speaker by my peers, named the Jane Whelan Outstanding Girl of the Year, and named an Advanced Placement Scholar with Distinction. Now, I am pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena, California.
If I had to summarize my approach to science (and life), it would be through this quote my high school teacher once told me: "science and society are inevitably connected. The best scientists are not only aware of this fact but driven by it in everything they do." As a computational social scientist, I aim to build a body of work that contributes not only to scholarly discourse on the responsible development of AI and algorithmic technologies, but also informs policy, education, and public understanding. As a result, I aim to become an effective communicator, an honest researcher, and a thoughtful bridge between technical communities and the broader public.
With this mission in mind, I have worked as a Cambridge Center of International Research (CCIR) Future Scholar and scholarship recipient. There, I built a machine learning architecture that can efficiently and effectively classify astronomical discoveries based on spectroscopy data. My paper was selected for the CCIR Student Research Symposium, the International Conference for Machine Learning in Astrophysics, and the Stanford Undergraduate Research Journal. In addition to that, I have worked as a research intern at the Observatory on Social Media at Indiana University where I co-authored a paper on the use of prompt engineering and Visual Large Language Models to aid deepfake detection. Through these various avenues, I have honed my ability to write, present, and collaborative upon research.
Outside of academics, I serve as a national ambassador for Robbie's Hope Foundation, where I collaborate with legislators, students, and advocates to raise suicide awareness, fund mental health research, and advance policies for legal mental health protections. In 2025, I was invited to join the Robbie's Hope Teen Advisory Board and had the opportunity to meet the organization’s founders. I’m also a team member of Storm Shield, the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow National Winner and Rising Entrepreneurs Award recipient. Inspired by my own experiences as a hard-of-hearing athlete, our team developed a wearable headband designed to protect athletes and their hearing aids from rain, sweat, and impact. We were awarded $125,000 and are currently working to bring the product to market. Through both Robbie’s Hope and Storm Shield, I’ve been able to use the power of my personal story to drive innovation, advocacy, and systems-level change.
I am also an avid knitter, lover of funny socks, track and field athlete, and proud Korean-American.
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