My parents had a K-12 childcare business that I've worked at since I was 14, so mentoring students has always been part of my identity. In high school, I became Captain of the Debate Team and President of FBLA, and I loved helping the new recruits grow and do better than me when I was their age. When I went to the University of California - Irvine for Computer Science, I continued mentoring younger students through the ICS Student Council and AI@UCI orgs, where we designed workshops in...
My parents had a K-12 childcare business that I've worked at since I was 14, so mentoring students has always been part of my identity. In high school, I became Captain of the Debate Team and President of FBLA, and I loved helping the new recruits grow and do better than me when I was their age. When I went to the University of California - Irvine for Computer Science, I continued mentoring younger students through the ICS Student Council and AI@UCI orgs, where we designed workshops in Computer Science for both new CS students and interested non-CS students. I was also part of a research group where I led discussions for undergraduate students new to the lab. Now, I'm at the University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign completing my Master's in Computer Science while researching LLMs like GPT. Along the way, I privately tutored many students who enjoyed my style of teaching, especially my younger sister!
After so many years of working with students, I have an intuition for how to connect not just over the material, but over the mindset towards education that students have. Students need someone who can provide substantive mentorship about approaching the material and contextualize it in the broader scope of their educational journey. With as many active research projects as I've been involved in, I can speak directly to state-of-the-art research to excite kids about their future if they work hard.
Most recently, I was an instructor with Inspirit AI this summer, which taught middle and high school students about AI. We walked them through projects in Python, introduced Linear Algebra, and helped them prepare presentations. I would lecture on an AI concept like Neural Networks virtually to a batch of about 10 kids, then work in smaller groups after with more individual attention. I enjoyed it so much that I felt strongly compelled to pursue more tutoring opportunities, and I'm now seeking my certification to be a full-time Math and Science teacher. I look forward to working with new students!
