Interests

In middle school, I was incredibly lucky to attend a local STEM summer program (Water: Science and Culture in a Changing Climate) which helped ignite my scientific career. Since then, I've looked for ways to give back to the communities in which I've lived to share my love for science. At Harvard, this was with ExperiMentors which designed science enrichment courses for local elementary school classrooms. I designed labs from magnetism to chromatography to life science for students ranging from 3-9 years old. At Yale, I've also found ways to engage with the local community both in-person pre-COVID with OpenLabs events and Pathways to Science Science on Saturdays and during-COVID with weekly online science enrichment events for middle school students in the New Haven and surrounding communities with Exploring Science. I hope to continue giving back to the community in some respect as I move forward in my career as well.

Exploring Science Presentation, July 21, 2020

What began as a simple fascination of the language and the download of a few Japanese-learning phone apps grew into dedicated study of the language by 2021. I am currently taking Japanese lessons with a native speaker twice a week (total 3 hours/week) and am working with the みんなの日本語 (Minna no Nihongo) series. I hope to one day be conversationally fluent and travel to Japan to explore its culture firsthand.

初めに、日本語が素晴らしいと思いましたから、日本語のアプリの２，３つだけをダウンロードしました。でも、日本語の美しさが大好きな気持ちが強くなりましたから、今私はちゃんと日本語を勉強しています。日本で生まれた先生とのレッスンが週に２回（１週間に３時間）あります。勉強するために、『みんなの日本語』のシリーズを使います。日本語が上手になって、そしていつの日にか日本へ文化を体験しに行きたいです。