Service and Outreach

I cofounded this mentorship program to bring together blind students in STEM and provides tools for success. To date, there have been 40 matched participants/mentees across 3 countries.

To read more about this coalition, read this article from Caltech Magazine on Creating a More Inclusive Caltech.

I served as representative for Engineering and Applied Sciences Division as well as a member of the Advocacy and Diversity Sub-Committee from 2018 to 2020.

I was selected by the President of Caltech to be student representative for the faculty committee tasked with increasing student body diversity and rewriting graduate admissions policies. This work involved extensive analysis of past admissions data and policies from other institutions and resulted in a published white paper and a newly implemented admissions protocol by the university. [Read the report]

As a member of this committee, I was tasked with making recommendations for university and k-12 physics lab accessibility. We published one white paper on this subject after thorough research on best practices for accessibility and education for disabled students. [Read the report]

• Coca-Cola Headquarters (2022) |"Activism and perseverance in the Asian Community"
• Reclaiming STEM Conference (2021) | "Disability in Science"
• Communication Science Conference (2021) | "DEI in STEM"
• National Assoc. of Blind Students (2021) | "Communicating as a blind presenter"
• National Federation of the Blind (2021) | "Designing your environment: how to succeed as a blind scientist"
• National Federation of the Blind (2021) | "Developing tools for blind scientists"
• Aira Corporation Headquarters (2018) | "Being a blind scientist"

In addition to assembling a team, coaching practices, and organizing the race logistics and schedule, I also organized and coordinated a 3-race series in 2020 that involved 100 participants from 11 schools.

While working at LBNL, I was a member of the lab-wide Employee Accessibility Committee, I was the Climate and Ecosystem Science Division Represenative for Diversity and Inclusion, and I was the DEI Representative for the Dept of Energy External Review Committee.