Entrepreneurship
See The Voices
At 16, I launched a global video pal program connecting students from 20+ countries for cultural and language exchange. It reached 11,000 students worldwide, run through local chapter leaders who hosted in-person events and an online platform that matched students across countries.
Named
Gateway to American Economics
At 17, I wrote, designed, and published an introductory economics book upon learning how images in traditional economics textbooks implicitly interest more boys than girls (e.g., via a blue race car on the front cover).
Featured in The Daily Barometer, the Education From an Equal podcast, Books for Peace, and Faces of Feminism
YouTube channel
At 18, I made lifestyle and college content that reached 2.6M views and 35k subscribers in under six months. I received paid sponsorships and speaking engagements from Bumble, CollegeAdvisor (now U.S. News), Skillshare, the world's largest all-female makeathon, study abroad agencies in Malaysia, and more. Beyond learning how to grow an audience, I also gained a rep on handling pushback from becoming known beyond my trusted circle of friends - from hostile comment sections to anonymous Reddit threads that got taken down for harassment. After all, no one kicks a dead dog, and what doesn't kill you makes you stronger (see more beliefs).
AI Research
Multigroup Fairness for Vector-Valued Predictors in Venture Capital Allocation Decisions
What's A Life Worth? Methods for Predicting Health Insurance Pre-Authorization
Comparing Reinforcement Learning Methods for Sparse vs Dense Rewards
Leveraged RL methods to simulate the best policy for responding to a pandemic
Awarded Best Project in Stanford's graduate-level RL class with 400+ students
Acquired or Closed? A Neural Network for Predicting Startup Success
Apps
A realtime multiplayer simulation of coronavirus
Won best domain at Cal Hacks, the world's largest collegiate hackathon
An app that helps you plan, track, and share the places you go
An app for all your finance-related needs when you're out with friends
An app helping restaurants dynamically price their menu items