Credentials/Experience

Skills and Certifications

• Spanish: professional working proficiency

• Proficient in Python 3 and 2

• Pandas + MatPlotLib – data management and presentation

• Microsoft Word

• Microsoft Excel

• Computer hardware: basic maintenance, disassembly and reassembly

• Familiar with the Unix shell (mostly from experience in macOS)

• Lifeguard + CPR Certifications from American Red Cross

• Class C Driver's License

Coursework and Academics

My dad's first career was as a research astronomer, and this interest was imparted upon me throughout my childhood in conversations at the dinner table and sessions with a telescope on clear nights in our backyard. It blossomed into a broader, more general interest in STEM, which led me to the MARC program. During a panel of several guest scientists at the beginning of this school year, one scientist, Dr. Steve Bryson, mentioned a project involving Kepler data and Python, and that he was looking for students to help. Intrigued, I approached him after the panel, and thus found my current project. I feel incredibly fortunate to have been given this exciting research opportunity with such an experienced expert as Dr. Bryson.

I've been a competitive swimmer for much of my life.

Other Experience

• • Physics in and Through Cosmology –Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Cal Poly EPIC engineering summer experience

  • Admissions fellow at Marin Academy (2019-present)

  • Lifeguard at AC Swim Club (2019-present)

  • Volunteer Swim Instructor, USA Swimming Make a Splash Foundation (2016-present)

  • Competitive swimmer – HS and club teams (2012-present)

  • Writer, FastForward magazine (2016-2018)