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education·2024 — present

UCLA

B.S. Computer Science & Applied Mathematics

Pursuing dual degree with focus on algorithms, machine learning, and mathematical modeling. Dean's List. GPA 3.9/4.0.

Los Angeles, CA
achievement·Mar 2025

Hack Merced

1st Place — Best Overall

Built PaperPilot, an AI-powered research assistant that structures academic literature into navigable knowledge graphs. Won first place out of 40+ teams.

HackathonAI/ML
achievement·Feb 2025

SF Hacks

Winner — Best Use of AI

Developed Eqlectech, a platform enabling real-time coding interviews with AI evaluation and bias detection for technical hiring pipelines.

HackathonEdTech
achievement·2024

National Merit Scholar

National Recognition

Selected as a National Merit Scholar, recognizing academic achievement among the top 0.5% of high school students nationwide.

Academic
education·2020 — 2024

Naperville North High School

High School Diploma

Graduated with a 4.7 weighted GPA. Student government, competitive programming, varsity tennis. Foundation in CS and mathematics.

Naperville, IL
projects
2025Hack Merced 2025

PaperPilot

AI research assistant for academic literature

Transforms dense academic papers into structured, navigable knowledge graphs. Powered by Gemini for semantic extraction and relationship mapping across citations.

Next.jsGoogle GeminiMongoDBRAG
PaperPilot
1st Place
Hack Merced 2025
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