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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 Applied Computational Mathematics 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 favorite 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 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 a unique methodology for Visual Large Language Models to aid deepfake detection. In December of 2025, we presented our research at the 1st Annual Workshop on Generative and Protective AI for Content Creation at the Conference on Neural and Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS). 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, working with legislators, students, and advocates to raise suicide awareness, support mental health research, and strengthen legal protections for young people. In 2025, I joined the Robbie’s Hope Teen Advisory Board and met the foundation’s founders, deepening my role in youth-led advocacy. I am also a member of Storm Shield, the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow National Winner and Rising Entrepreneurs Award recipient—a project inspired by my experience as a hard-of-hearing athlete. We developed a wearable headband that protects hearing aids from rain, sweat, and impact, earning $125,000 to support commercialization. Through the Samsung–International Olympic Committee (IOC) partnership, I was selected as one of ten Global Solve for Tomorrow Ambassadors across more than 35 participating nations. This role connects me to the IOC’s mission to use sport as a driver for equity, accessibility, mental health, and youth empowerment, allowing me to collaborate with Samsung engineers, IOC Young Leaders, and the Mark Cuban Foundation to explore how wearable technology can expand inclusion in athletics at the 2026 Milano-Cortina Olympics. Across both Robbie’s Hope and Storm Shield, I’ve seen how lived experience can fuel meaningful advocacy.

I am also a track and field athlete, classical guitarist, and proud Korean-American.

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