Curriculum vitae
Experience
UCSF Research Assistant
March 2023 - Present
UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Working with Advisors and Mentors Dr. Lisa Fortuna and Dr. Michelle Porche doing paid qualitative research for a confidential project.
Club President and Teen Advisory Board Member
August 2022 - Present
Freshman Associated Student Body President
August 2022 - Present
Youth Consultant
June 2022 - Present
Youth Advisory Board Member
March 2022 - Present
Bring Change to Mind
Created and have been leading a Bring Change to Mind Anti-Stigma Club chapter to spread awareness and destigmatize mental health throughout the school through activities and workshops. I am also a Bring Change to Mind Teen Advisory Board member. TAB is a group of 20 students from across the California club region that partakes in many activities to promote the youth voice inside and outside of Bring Change to Mind.
Mountain View High School
Lead spirit and community-related activities for the Freshman, including homecoming and unifying social events.
Stanford Center for Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing
Provide feedback on a youth curriculum currently being designed. Worked with Good for Media by helping promote the California Age-Appropriation Design Code Act.
California Children’s Trust and California Coalition for Youth
Fight to raise the voices of our peers on a statewide platform by guiding adults on youth topics. Currently, partnered with DHCS to give feedback on their youth mental health app. Working with the Children's Partnership to advocate for peer-to-peer through the $10 million they received from CYBHI for eight high schools to receive peer programs.
UCSF Research Intern
January 2022 - March 2023
UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Working with Advisors and Mentors Dr. Lisa Fortuna and Dr. Michelle Porche. Was a control subject and created a film documenting the UCSF phenotype study for future participants. Worked with Change SF interns on a mental health PSA. Starting my next project in March.
Teen Advisory Council Member
September 2021 - October 2022
Community Health and Awareness Council
Worked to promote, destigmatize, and advocate for the mental health of the communities’ youth while unifying youth and adult perspectives on mental health. Participated in panels to educate adults and clinicians on better ways to serve youth. Collaborated to create a mental health library book resource section for youth.
Editor-in-Chief
September 2021 - May 2022
Middle School Journalism Staff
One of the three Editor-in-Chiefs for my school’s yearbook and newspaper staff, and managed, delegated, and organized the 30 kids in my class. Led the remaining 60 kids in the other two classes for various assignments outside of class hours.
Founder and President
March 2021 - May 2022
Empathizers Club
Founder and President of a peer-to-peer, anti-stigma club at my middle school that eventually had 40 members by the end of my 8th grade year. When I left, I made sure the club was still sustainable and it is still active today.
Broadcasting Team Director and Anchor
September 2020 - May 2022
Graham Middle School Television
Anchor and Director for one of the five morning broadcasting announcements teams. I led 7 to 10 of my peers to write scripts, record, edit, and broadcast live, without missing a day. We went on to win the “Top Broadcasting Team” award from the school in my 8th grade year.
Worldreader Champion
February 2019 - August 2022
Worldreader
Partnered with Worldreader to raise $3000 to give an Anganwadi school in India access to a digital library of 500 books. This includes training for the teachers. All proceeds from the two novels I wrote and documentary prize money went towards my goal, which I achieved in August 2022.
Education
High School Student
Mountain View High School
Mountain View High School
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Freshman Class President
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President and Founder of Bring Change to Mind Club Chapter
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Biology Club Member
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Honors Biology
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Honors Algebra 2
Awards
2nd Place for High Schools
2023
C-SPAN StudentCam
The Peer-to-Peer Movement: Students Saving Lives
1st Place for Middle Schools
2022
Honorable Mention
2021
Best Middle School Academic Non-Fiction Film
2022
C-SPAN StudentCam
Stigma-Free Nation: Pathway to Parity
C-SPAN StudentCam
Power to Save a Life
California Student Media Festival
Stigma-Free Nation: Pathway to Parity
Best Media & Information Literacy (Secondary) Film
2022
Best Middle School Academic Non-Fiction Film
2021
Silver and Bronze Key Awards
September 2021 - October 2022
California Student Media Festival
Stigma-Free Nation: Pathway to Parity
California Student Media Festival
Power to Save a Life
Scholastic Writing Awards
Two silver keys and two gold keys for four various pieces of my books and poems