Awards and Recognitions

Recognitions, scholarships, and competition results.

Academic

2025

Kenneth L. Friedman Scholarship

UCLA Samueli School of Engineering

Merit scholarship awarded by UCLA Samueli School of Engineering.

2025

Muriel K. & Robert B. Allan Scholarship

UCLA Samueli School of Engineering

Merit scholarship awarded by UCLA Samueli School of Engineering.

2024

Accepted to Present Research Paper at ISMIR 2024

ISMIR

Accepted to present my research paper on "Sing Style Transfer: Navigating Cross-Genre Singing Style Transfer with VAE-GAN Architecture" at ISMIR conference.

2024

National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist

National Merit Scholarship Corporation

Awarded to top 1% scorers among US High Schoolers. Scored 224. National Cutoff 208. California Cutoff 221.

2024

Winner (Top 5) — Harvard Undergraduate Research Journal (THURJ) Competition

Harvard THURJ

Winner in Harvard's THURJ High School Research Competition, Spring 2024.

2024

Speaker — Association of Popular Music Education (APME) Annual International Conference

APME

Invited to speak at the conference attended by industry educators, researchers, and musicians from around the globe. My research proposal was on "AI Music Grader."

2024

AP Scholar with Distinction Award

College Board

2023

Joe Watson Leadership Award

COSMOS UC San Diego

Awarded for Team Leadership in the Music & Technology Cluster in COSMOS UC San Diego.

2023

Le Grand Concours National De Français — Silver (L4)

American Association of Teachers of French

Winner of Silver in Concours National De Français L4 for proficiency in French.

2023

NCWIT Regional Affiliate Honorable Mention

National Center for Women & Information Technology

Awarded by NCWIT for Aspirations in Computing (AiC) for contributions in Computer Science.

2022

Le Grand Concours National De Français — Silver (L3)

American Association of Teachers of French

Winner of Silver in Concours National De Français L3 for proficiency in French.

2021

National Winner Honorable Mention — Project CS Girls

Project CS Girls

Awarded for my work on detecting deepfakes.

2021

National Finalist — Hamilton Education Program (EduHam)

Hamilton Education Program

Awarded complimentary trip to New York to meet with the Hamilton Broadway Cast as a winning entry in the nationwide EduHam competition.

2021

Zeidman Award — Special Award, Synopsys Science Fair

Synopsys Science & Technology Championship

Fighting AI with AI.

2021

Le Grand Concours National De Français — Gold (L2)

American Association of Teachers of French

Winner of Gold in Concours National De Français L2 for proficiency in French.

2020

National Winner Honorable Mention — Project CS Girls

Project CS Girls

Awarded for a prototype app built during COVID-19 that allowed cities to provide emergency communication and support services to residents.

2019

National Semi-Finalist — Project CS Girls

Project CS Girls

Awarded for societal impact in the field of security. Built a simple-to-use password manager for kids.

Non-Academic

2024

ICHSA Varsity Vocals — Quarterfinals

ICHSA

Qualified in Varsity Vocals — ICHSA Quarterfinals, February 2024.

2023

Future Problem Solving International — 1st Place, Presentation of Action Plan

Future Problem Solving International

State Winner for Presentation of Action Plan, 2023.

2022

Future Problem Solving International — 2nd Place, Community Problem Solving (CmPS)

Future Problem Solving International

2nd place in State (CA) in FPS Community Problem Solving (CmPS) 2022 and International Conference Finalist for CmPS, June 2022.

2022

Future Problem Solving International — 5th Place, Individual GIPS

Future Problem Solving International

5th place in FPS Individual GIPS in State, 2022.

2022

Future Problem Solving International — 2nd Place, Presentation of Action Plan (Team)

Future Problem Solving International

2nd place in Presentation of Action Plan at FPS States (team), 2022.

2022

FIRST Robotics Competition — Top 10 at Regionals

FIRST Robotics

2021

Future Problem Solving International — Scenario Writing Team Award

Future Problem Solving International

Winner in Scenario Writing, Team Award, 2021.

2019

Future Problem Solving International — Qualified for Internationals, Individual GIPS

Future Problem Solving International

Qualified for Internationals in Individual GIPS round, Top 3 in State, 2019.