Activities

I was the founding Chapter President of the AWM chapter at UCSC. Through this program, the Executive Committee:

• Reinstated the Undergraduate Colloquium at UCSC

  • I co-organized the Undergraduate Colloquium at UCSC from March 2022-June 2023 with Malachi Alexander, Deewang Bhamidipati, and Jasmine Tom

• Created Prelim Study Groups, a program designed to help graduate students prepare for the Graduate Preliminary Exams

  • I was an Algebra Study Leader in Winter 2022

• Created EmpowHER Hour, a program that invites conversations about inequities in Mathematics and more generally in STEM.

• Started AWM D.I.N.N.E.R.S. (Developing Intentional Non-Male Networks and Expanding Relationships), a program to build community amongst the women graduate students and faculty at UCSC.

A series of speakers (and participants) discussing their experiences navigating the math world, academia, and industry as members of underrepresented groups. Taken together, these sessions will be a conversation, presenting perspectives and hopefully creating dialogue.

Schedule of Speakers & Resources Provided

In Fall 2022, Deewang Bhamidipati, Ryan Pugh, David Rubinstein, and I started the Mathematics Graduate Student Peer Support Program at UCSC in order to build community and foster growth in our department.

Currently, our program follows the following model:

• Every first year graduate student gets put into a POD of 2-3 fellow first year students.

• Each POD is assigned 1-2 peer mentors (senior graduate students).

• Every quarter, the first year graduate students:

  • Meet at least two times in their PODs (small POD meetings)

  • Meet at least once in a large meeting amongst all PODS (large meetings)

We developed this program to highlight the diverse needs of first year graduate students while simeltaneously encouraging them to build a broader community network in the mathematics department.

In the Spring 2022, I successfully wrote a grant to get funding from the Teaching and Learning Center on campus to create 3 Head Teaching Assistant roles for the 2022-2023 school year in the mathematics department that focused explicitly on supporting the graduate students in the department by:

• equitably determining the quarterly TA assignments

• organizing the quarterly TA meeting

• holding drop-in Head TA office hours

• creating a repository of resources for graduate student TAs

In this seminar, we are following the notes that Deewang Bhamidipati, David Rubinstein, and Vahibav Sutrave wrote in Winter 2022.

Link to Notes 

Santa Cruz Math Teaching Circle

I am a current member of the Santa Cruz Math Teaching Circle. In January 2024, I lead a presentation on various mathematical puzzles. Please contact me for more information about my presentation and/or access to my slides.

STEAM Expo 2024

I was a volunteer at the 2024 Santa Cruz County STEAM Expo and led a booth on the Julia Robinson Math Festival Activity Domino Dissection. This was an incredible event that allowed me to connect with various students in the community. I am already looking forward to next year!

STEAM Fest 2024

I volunteered with Sophie Aiken and Deewang Bhamidipati at the 2024 STEAM Fest put on by the Golden State Warriors. Together, we led a math booth and introduced students to various Julia Robinson Math Festival activities. According to the Warriors, they estimated that approximately 10,000 people attended the event. 

Expanding Your Horizons

In Fall 2023, Sophie Aiken and I co-led a workshop called "Knot What I Expected!" at the Expanding Your Horizons Event for over 300 girls in grades 5 - 10. We introduced the girls to various topics in Knot Theory and were excited to meet so many mathematicians!