Student at the University of Virginia, College of Arts & Sciences. Planning to study Commerce.
Built a pipeline to clean 20+ years of high-frequency market data and tested 10 models, from Elastic Net to neural networks. The models first overfit badly. Regularization, stricter cross-validation, and simpler models fixed it.
Co-founded a 14-member community team with no school backing. After our first robot failed, I set up joint design reviews where programmers could veto mechanical ideas. The rebuilt robot worked. Won the Motivate Award and two Innovate Awards.
Designed rockets in OpenRocket for the American Rocketry Challenge. Landed within 25 ft of target apogee on two qualifying flights.
Started the Virginia branch of a nonprofit that makes tennis open to everyone. 30+ tournaments, 700+ players, free sessions for beginners, and $1,000+ raised for the Children's Inn at NIH. I built the website myself.
Habitat restoration nonprofit. 250+ volunteers, 21 projects across 5 counties, 10,000 lbs of invasive plants removed, and 650 native plants put in the ground. Recognized by a U.S. congressman.
Led my patrol to 1st place at the Klondike Derby in 2024 and 2025. Hiked Philmont. Eagle project restored habitat at the Rockville Nature Center.
2x Gold, New England International Chinese Martial Arts Championships
1st place, Jordan Kitts Music Festival
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