This award honors a rising Urban Studies & Planning or Real Estate & Development senior who has demonstrated exceptional innovation (creative, possibly interdisciplinary, and/or cross-sector, forward-thinking approaches) in her/his/their academic work, research, campus-based or community-based roles, e.g., internships, student organizations, professional organizations, and project teams.
Member of Roosevelt College Honors Program at UC San Diego
Fall 2021 - Present
Silver Creek High School Valedictorian (2021)
English Department Award (2021)
Single award recipient selected by the English department of Silver Creek High School in the graduating Class of 2021
Rachel Carson Award (2019 Science Fair)
Award recipient selected by evaluations from four examiners
Science project: The Effect of Water Density On Boat Movement
Activities and Hobbies
Active campus involvement: Student Council at Halicioglu Data Science Institute, Newman Catholic Community at UCSD, Intramural Sports, UCSD Cycling, Mentor Collective
Work alongside the Design-to-Action Lead to coordinate, supervise, and advise for the optimal execution and success of San Diego-Tijuana international collaboration projects in the Science & Technology Network. Serve a secretary role in meetings and correspondence with stakeholders, including WDC leaders from both sides of the border and the UCSD Design Lab. Simultaneously, provide data science and urban planning expertise to assist projects, notably the binational extension of the regional trolley/metro system, an interactive app to promote ecotourism, enabling well-designed ADUs as an eco-friendly solution to sustainability, livability, and housing affordability, and other innovative initiatives that make the region the World Design Capital.
“ULI is the oldest and largest network of cross-disciplinary real estate and land use experts in the world.” With the mission of shaping “the future of the built environment for transformative impact in communities worldwide.”
International and Technology Division - joined by referral from Mr. Bill Anderson, FAICP, Professor at UC San Diego, and former national President of the American Planning Association (2013-2015)
Previous Research Scholar at Semiconductor Research Corporation Research Scholars Program
Worked on projects related to the PRISM Center at UCSD, supported by SRC, including modeling of COVID-19 variants preference over time and exploratory/predictive analytics for precision medicine in Personalized and Secure Drug Discovery. Further details can be found under the involvement description with Niema Lab at Jacobs School of Engineering
Won my team the Best Social Media Creative Posts Award by UCSD Recreation as Media & Event Coordinator
Previous DS3 Workshops Committee Member (Oct 2022 - Oct 2023)
Designed new and contributed to existing technical workshops in business intelligence and software engineering, catering to the needs of a diverse audience of over 150 undergraduate students
Watersports (swimming, water polo, surfing)
Motorsports (Formula 1 and MotoGP)
Astronomy
Travelling
Watching and discussing football - “What the rest of the world call football”