RAs are the people responsible for safety and comfort of students in every dorm. We also organize community events and are a point of contact when residents have any questions or needs.
I worked on an internal database querying tool in the Seattle office. It was cool to see teams of engineers work together on software, especially since I grew up in Kansas, where SWE is not as common. Meta was particularly nice about giving out a project that was both impactful and flexible to match what I wanted to do.
CS 154 is one of my favorite classes at Stanford, so this job was very fun. I work with the Office of Accessible Education by helping the visually impaired get access to the class material by describing diagrams during lectures, on homework assignments, and during exams. I replace the role of a TA to make sure office-hour help is available to all.
This is a research project in theoretical CS through Stanford's CURIS Program. I studied query complexity of finding the best player in a tournament. This was joint work with with two amazing professors—Li-Yang Tan and Moses Charikar, and my friends Bharath Namboothiry and Daniel Rebelsky. You can find the poster here.
I'm interested in the best ways to teach. This role as a section leader helped me develop my understanding of this. I led a weekly section for computer science students taking CS 106 at Stanford, I graded homeworks and exams, and I hosted helper hours. I also created syntax review videos for exams and led review sessions for the students.
I have done many math education activities such as leading math club in high school or helping out with the local math circle, but this was my first paid teaching. I taught biweekly mathematics classes for about 30 enthusiastic elementary kids and managed the group/organized classes. The kids were amazing and I loved explaining complex topics in intuitive ways to them.
This job isn't that relevant to what I do now, but it was a big part of my life, so I decided to include it anyway. I refereed both kids' and adults' soccer games throughout Kansas and Missouri. Through this job, I learned to work well with other people as well as build confidence in communication. After all, breaking up fights and giving out yellow cards is just a more intense version of client communication.
