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Other work and recognition

Recognition

  • NCWIT Aspirations in Computing, Northern California Affiliate Winner, 2026
  • Congressional App Challenge, Special Recognition, 2025
  • Contra Costa County MLK Jr. Student Humanitarian of the Year, 2025, with my twin sister (Patch, county announcement)
  • Gold Presidential Volunteer Service Award, 2023
  • National Merit Commended Student, 2026
  • AP Scholar with Distinction, 2026
  • 3x Scholar Athlete, San Ramon Valley High School
  • National Honor Society, 2024 – Present
  • California Scholarship Federation, 2023 – Present

Programs

Harvard Undergraduate Ventures-TECH, 2025. A summer entrepreneurship program that takes about 15% of applicants, with guest speakers like Mark Cuban and the CEOs of Netflix and Google Cloud. Alongside it, I interned with Amplify Institute, checking AI stroke-prediction models for bias.

BASS Medical Group Emerging Scholars, 2025 and 2026. I've played basketball most of my life, so my first summer I researched physical activity and ankle injuries and presented the paper to a panel of physicians. They invited me back the next summer for my stress research.

Other work

SG Pressure Washing, 2025 – Present. A residential pressure washing business I started by knocking on doors in Danville. I hire and train other high schoolers, and it's at five-figure annualized revenue.

Fútbol Más, 2025 – Present. I've mentored about 100 kids in Chile and Kenya through soccer and basketball, and built an operations and sales app for a plastic-recycling program the nonprofit works with in Mathare, Kenya.

IvyBridge, 2025 – 2026. A mentoring platform I co-founded with my older sister, connecting international students with Ivy League and Stanford mentors. Paused to focus on FORTA.

SGA Resell, 2024 – Present. A sneaker reselling business I co-founded with my friend, with about $5,000 in revenue so far.

Community

Livermore Homeless Refuge, 2023 – Present. I've organized food and clothing drives for the refuge's warming center. I biked around putting up door hangers and called dozens of businesses until Costco, Trader Joe's, and Old Navy donated, and we raised about $1,000 on top of the clothing.

SRVUSD Student Senate, 2024 – 2025. My school's only sophomore representative. I organized a district-wide AI literacy panel with more than 20 students, staff, and administrators.

Danville Youth Council, 2024 – Present. The only male representative from the Class of 2027. I help run town events like Danville's Amazing Race and its first Cultural Fair.

Boy Scouts, Troop 805. Patrol leader and Life Scout, working toward Eagle in 2027.