I am a nationally ranked debater, a data science researcher, and the co-founder of a youth nonprofit.

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Four years, so far

A running record of what I have been working on, by school year.

Jul 2026AI and Data Engineering Intern at Blackstraw, in TampaBuilt LensIQ, a natural-language analytics chatbot for contact lens manufacturing operations
Jun 2026Junior counselor at the West Essex YMCATwo weeks with a group of twelve kindergarten-age campers

May 2026Submitted my first research paper for peer reviewPredicting CPI through lagged changes in PPI, to the National High School Journal of Science
Apr 2026Earned a Silver bid to the Tournament of ChampionsRanked #22 nationally at the JW Patterson TOC
Apr 2026Became President, Strategy & Impact at Livingston Youth LeadersAfter two years as vice president of operations
Feb–May 2026NYU GSTEM Data Science ProgramBuilt a sentiment classifier from scratch and benchmarked it against TF-IDF and kNN
Feb 2026Triple octofinalist at the Harvard National TournamentTop 64 of a 372-team field
Jan 2026Quarterfinalist and #12 speaker at The Patriot Games
Oct 2025Semifinalist at the Harvard UKTOC ISDI 1 international qualifierTop 4 of 51, the deepest run of the season
The seasonAlso cleared to elimination rounds at Georgetown, Notre Dame, Katy Taylor TFA, and three TOC Digital national seriesFull results on the Debate page
Sep 2025Started independent research on how producer prices move consumer prices
Aug 2025Named captain of Speech & Debate and vice president of the Coding Club
Summer 2025Two-week NSDA debate campNational Speech & Debate Association
Jul 2025Coding Academy at Tufts UniversityBuilt a 2D action game in Python and Pygame, and demoed it to Tufts faculty
The yearContinued volunteering with Sewa International

Mar 2025Quarterfinalist at Newark CFL #2First varsity elimination round
Dec 2024President's Volunteer Service Award, GoldAwarded by Sewa International
The year120 volunteer hours with Sewa InternationalDisaster relief, food drives, senior centers, FEMA response, and coat drives
Aug 2024Second summer as a counselor-in-training at Camp HOPETwo weeks, 60+ hours supporting children and adults with developmental disabilities
The seasonJunior varsity tennis, second season

Apr 2024Became vice president of operations at Livingston Youth Leaders
Jan 2024Started coaching debate as an independent tutor
Jan 2024Began volunteering with Sewa International78 hours in the first year
Aug 2023Entered Livingston High SchoolJoined Speech & Debate, Key Club, FBLA, and the school orchestra
Aug 2023First summer as a counselor-in-training at Camp HOPETwo weeks, 60+ hours
Jun 2023First job, as court monitor and junior tennis coach at the West Orange Tennis Club
The seasonJunior varsity tennis, first season

Jun 2021Co-founded Livingston Youth Leaders during the pandemicA youth-led nonprofit that has since raised and distributed more than $30,000
2021–23Volunteered at the Livingston Public Library20 hours
EarnedFirst-degree black belt in Taekwondo