While earning my bachelor's degree in mathematics from UC Irvine, I focused on expanding my understanding of computer science and the mathematics behind it. I conducted research in the
Computational Environmental Sciences Laboratory under the mentorship of
Professor Donald Dabdub, where I wrote a paper quantifying the ozone weekend effect in Southern California. I was also part of the
Campuswide Honors Collegium, where I completed an honors thesis, and participated in theoretical mathematics seminars with the
UCI Math Club. I enrolled in research-focused classes covering topics from computational complexity to neural networks and worked as a tutorial leader for EngrMAE 10, Introduction to Engineering Computations with MATLAB, at the
Learning & Academic Resource Center.