University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI

B.S., Computer Science (expected Spring, 2026)

2022 - Present

Research Intern, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT

www.broadinstitute.org/

Working in the Beroukhim Lab associated with the Broad Institute and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute under Postdoctoral Associate Simona Dalin

• The lab focuses on developing computational approaches To interpret cancer genomes and comprehensive genomic characterization of brain cancers.

2024 - Present

Lab Assistant, UH Manoa Plant Science Lab

Assists with daily operations and provides computer science consulting

• Completes a variety of tasks required including: genomic work, plant tissue culture, caring for the greenhouses, R programming, and assistance with software. Currently working with convolutional neural networks and computer vision, building a model to identify coconut rhinoceros beetles in traps.

2022 - Present

Summer Research Intern, Loyola University Chicago

ssom.luc.edu/luerec/administrative/laud/

• Developed a bioinformatics strategy for NIH-funded project: A Microbial Model for the Formation of Calcium Oxalate and Calcium Phosphate Stones
• Learned and completed bioinformatics work including: R programming, Excel, general research, genomic assembly and annotation

2023 - 2023

Club Member, Programing and Algorithms Club (PandA)

PandA is a club focused on preparing students for technical interviews with challenging Leet-Code-type problems.

• I attend meetings and develop problem solving abilities

Community Volunteer, Various Volunteer Activities with my Ko'a Kollective 'Ohana

We volunteer at various community organizations. So far in 2024, we've volunteered at: Ho'okua'aina and Surfrider Gardens.

• Together, we build fellowship, engage with local culture, and give back to the community and land

Purple Mai'a Build4Good Machine Learning and AI Hackathon - 1st Place, Purple Mai'a

My team created a ML/AI based project that translates images of coral to quantitative data about that coral health. See my portfolio for more details.

December 2023

Dean's List, University of Hawaii

Dean's List is awarded to fulltime students who maintain a 3.5 or higher GPA.

2022 - Current

Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering, Solo Gold Medal Biology at Regionals, Team 2nd Place Sectionals, University of Illinois

WYSE is an academic bowl competition. In Biology solo, I placed 1st at Regionals, roughly 4th at Sectionals, and roughly 10th at State.

2018