Junior @ Stanford Studying CS, Entrepreneurial Management, & Psychology
Two weeks ago, I competed at Blueprint (blueprint.hackmit.org), MIT’s largest HS hackathon offered to students globally. MIT’s Blueprint hackathon invited nearly 400 students to the event. I’m excited to share that my team & I won first place for the Web Dev Beginner category. We …
University of California, Irvine – Summer Research Internship Please feel free to explore the prototype for our smartwatch technology! This prototype for our research project was created by the undergraduate and Ph.D. team at UCI.
The Deloitte Team Tech Challenge was super exciting this summer! I’m beyond thankful to have had this opportunity to learn more about AI, blockchain, and analytics with the other summer scholars. The summer program was originally planned to be at the Deloitte Los Angeles office, …
July has been an exciting month so far, especially with UCLA LACC and Kode With Klossy! UCLA Los Angeles Computing Circle was such an exciting and eye-opening experience. In this program, only 35 students were selected to participate in UCLA LACC, a computer science summer …
Video recap & reflection from my Kode With Klossy summer camp experience! Hi, blog! I recently graduated as a scholar at Kode With Klossy in the Apple iOS mobile app development camp and am super sad that it’s over. At Kode With Klossy, I spent …
I knew that I was up for the challenge when I checked the box for AP Computer Science A at the end of my sophomore year during registration. Challenge accepted. Upon walking into my computer science class on the first day of my junior year …
Yay!! I am so so excited to share that my team and I are competing at NATIONALS in the Girls Go CyberStart 2020 National Championship!! We’ve been preparing for this all year and I cannot believe that we made it to nationals 🙂 I’m looking …
Imposter syndrome: a timeless and inevitable characteristic integrated into society. In the competitive environment that typical high school students live in, imposter syndrome is the underlying cause of self-doubt and lack of confidence. As defined by TIME, imposter syndrome is “the idea that you’ve only succeeded …
Super exciting to meet the OC Regional Affiliate winners from NCWIT a couple weeks ago! I loved getting to network with a few of the winners via Zoom and I really love this community!!
Phew!! Finally done with my Theory of Knowledge Internal Assessment!! Overall, this was a pretty major assessment and I’m glad that it’s over 🙂 In the TOK Internal Assessment, my goal was to create a compelling, 10-minute presentation analyzing the TOK concepts in a particular …
Kode With Klossy · Breaking a Sweat On a Run Hi, blog! I participated in my first 24-hour hackathon with over 300 participants! We used EarSketch from Georgia Tech to code a song as our hackathon competition submission. While this was my first hackathon and …
Upon hearing that school would transition to online school for a period of two weeks, everyone in my class started making TikToks and completely dropping all school assignments. Little did we know that two weeks would extend to five weeks and those five weeks extended …
Today, we had an emergency Youth Advisory Council Meeting with ALL of the councils from around the world with WE. We covered damage control for the current situation with the Coronavirus and seeing what we can do as Ambassadors with WE to still do good …
Ahhhh!! Last Saturday was SO SO exciting to be able to mentor over 50 young girls at the CyberTech Girls Leap Day 2020 “Leap Into Cybersecurity” day-long event at Coastline College. Just one year ago, I was in the same shoes as these middle school …
Ahhh sorry for not keeping up with posting about the WE Youth Advisory Council Meetings!! Today, I got to dial into the meeting with the Vancouver Youth Advisory Council!! Today, we prepared for the Trips Team that covers the ME to WE trips, such as …
Today, I finished enough challenges in the Girls Go CyberStart Assess event to qualify to move onto the next round! In order to move onto the next round, I had to have completed at least five challenges and so I completed nine of them. This …
Yay!! So happy to be this month’s recipient of the $1,000 award from the Awesome Foundation. I applied for this award in January after learning more about the organization and I know that this award and grant will be so beneficial for Linens N Love. …
Woah!! I took a really interesting course on Artificial Intelligence today offered by IBM and taught by some super talented professors. Going into the course, I didn’t realize how broad AI is referred to as, but now I can see why AI is called AI! …
Click here to learn more about the award! Yay! I am so happy and grateful to be one of the 400 recipients across the NATION for the NCWIT award! I could not have done this without the support of my computer science teacher or my …
Hi, blog!! Today was FUN!! I started my mentorship under the PYLUSD EMPOWER Mentorship Program for Women in Industry today! There were female mentors there that specialized in various fields ranging from medical to computer science. I immediately initiated a conversation with the cybersecurity and …
I’m beyond excited to start practicing and competing in the Girls Go CyberStart event for 2020! This is my first year of trying out Girls Go CyberStart and it already looks like so much fun. The competition focuses on testing my cybersecurity skills through short …
Congrats to @DHLUS Youth Volunteer Fellowship Award winner Vivian Wang! Her nonprofit ""Linens N Love"" receives second hand linens from high-end hotels and donates them to community programs and shelters. Learn more: https://t.co/Z11guRkIT0 pic.twitter.com/a0X3xVMtK7 — WE (@WEMovement) July 13, 2018 Super exciting post from the …
Round 1: scored in the top 15% worldwide Round 2: progressed to the highest tier in State Round (platinum) State Round: competed in the platinum tier
SUCCESS!!! Last week on Saturday, November 16, me and my CyberPatriot team competed in Round 2 of the CyberPatriot competition! Beginning our day at 7:30am, we all boarded the bus and headed to the college where we competed. During the competition, I was so so …
YAY! Today, I led Linens N Love in our Southern California Chapter Fall Kickoff Delivery at the Irvine Animal Care Center! In total, we donated a whopping 400 linens with the help of student leaders, members, parents, and teacher advisors. The day began with packing …
WE has a Youth Advisory Committee which is made up of young changemakers who have been involved with the WE Organization for a number of years! There are Youth Advisory Committees in Toronto, California, New York, Seattle, and Vancouver. They are made up of 6-15 …
Hi again, blog!!! It’s currently 11:57 pm and I am just about to go to sleep! Just wanted to update you on how my SAT studying is going so far (in case you were wondering). I think my website is turning into a blog now …
I am blown away by the amount of knowledge that I have gained through this political office internship. From June to August, I interned in the office of California Senator Ling Ling Chang to enhance my professional skills and broaden my knowledge of political campaign …
Held at the University of California, Los Angeles, the Junior State of America Summer Institute was the highlight of my summer 2019! From interviewing city officials such as the City Controller of Los Angeles to collaborating to create a culminating research project, the Institute helped …
In late July of 2019, I organized and coordinated an international delivery for Linens N Love!! This opportunity was definitely a life-changing and reward experience because this was Linens N Love’s first international delivery. Overall, Linens N Love donated over 500 linens and raised over $1120 for a local children’s …
At this weeklong summer program sponsored by the NSA and the NSF, my knowledge on cybersecurity and computer science expanded greatly! Students who applied were only female since there is an imbalance in the gender ratios in the cybersecurity and technology fields. Essentially, this program …
YAY!! Good news again 🙂 Our Linens N Love Summer Leadership Certification Program was a huge success! I am so happy that everyone who was accepted into the program could make it to our event! Prior to attending our program. interested Linens N Love members …
500 linens pledged by the Comfort Inn & Suites Murrieta to Linens N Love! A few weeks prior to June 27, 2019, Linens N Love began planning our partnership with the Comfort Inn and Suites Murrieta!! After my team and I decided on the presentation …
990 linens donated from Linens N Love to Mercy House Bridges at Kraemer Place!! After much back-and-forth communication and coordination, I FINALLY got the perfect date and timing for Linens N Love’s summer kickoff delivery event at the Mercy House Bridges of Kraemer Place! Our …
Ahhhhh!! I am SO tired but today was so much fun!! Today, I attended CyberTech Girls, an event held at Coastline Community College for girls to explore a bit of cybersecurity all packed into one long day! We learned about the challenges with gender diversity …
I loved interning at the North Orange County Chinese School for Teacher Lin! Over the 2018-2019 school year, I was accepted as an intern for the school as a teaching intern. In case you didn’t know, I LOVE teaching and tutoring. It makes me so …
Shared with me via Dropbox: WE Day California 2019’s Star-studded lineup! Scroll through the document to see me in it!! It’s 11:30 PM right now on Thursday, April 25, 2019, and I am so ready to go to sleep, but first I have to jot …
Today, one of my dance troop students performed at their first traditional Chinese New Year Performance! Whether they were “taming the lions” or hitting the drums, all of the students immersed themselves in Chinese culture and learned more about Chinese dance. My students did such …
On February 4, 2019, I was invited to speak at the California Celebration of WE Event at St. Margaret’s Episcopal School! I brought some of my officers and members to support me while I gave my speech 🙂 The day began with brief introductions by …
Huge update with Linens N Love!! On December 20, 2018, Linens N Love Portola, Linens N Love Yorba Linda, and Linens N Love Valencia all went to the Irvine Animal Care Center to donate 750 linens to the animals. This is perfect for the holidays …
The WE DHL Youth Volunteer Leadership Fellowship Award is one of the most prestigious awards that I have received! In 2018, I received the award for my work with Linens N Love, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to donating and repurposing linens to homes and …
For our summer 2018 trip, my family and I flew to Singapore to help my sister move into her college dorm! My sister was recently accepted into Yale-NUS college in Singapore and I am so proud of her for all of her accomplishments and for …
The University of California, Irvine Material Science Summer Laboratory Program took place during the week of June 27, 2018!! When I was initially applying to the program, I was fairly new to material science but I wanted to explore various fields of STEM before deciding …
In biology class, for the duration of a week, we monitored our mesocosm project. In groups of four, we created a fully-sealed mesocosm and the goal of the mesocosm was to create a fully sustainable environment for the fish and the snails to survive in. …
Phew! This was a huge project that took so long but I am glad that it’s done. For my biology class, we had to create a one-pager on the process of photosynthesis which consists of the Light Reaction and the Calvin Cycle. I did so …
Below is the article that I wrote and published for the Linens N Love official website! On Tuesday, February 20th, Linens N Love delivered their love once again to the Irvine Animal Care Center with the help of Choice Hotels Owners Council Representatives from Region …
Today, we took photos for our posters and flyers that we’ll be using for our upcoming dance recitals! Dancing is my passion and I love dancing with my group. This picture is one of the many photos we took for our small group. I love …
Just last week, I attended the AAHOA Women’s Conference in Anaheim, California. The AAHOA Women’s Conference is for women of all ages to attend to broaden their knowledge in business and hotels to gain a deeper knowledge that will benefit their future. Attending one of my …
Comfort Says Thanks was a memorable experience for me. Comfort Inn and Suites is known for their famous breakfast waffles, with original and other unique flavors. To celebrate Comfort Inn, Comfort Inn’s around the world host an open house to showcase their rooms and to …
From July 1st to July 7th, I camp counseled for the SCCCS Summer Camp. While counseling small, young children ages 7-11, I had a hard time at first but then really seemed to get the hang of handling kids. My group consisted of two counselors …
Hi again, blog! My sister was accepted into a summer program in Chicago and so my family and I decided to fly with her to Chicago to tour some colleges! It’s never too early to start exploring colleges… We visited the University of Notre Dame …
Wow. I am officially a big, mighty freshman. That’s hard to believe, especially since I am four feet and eleven and a half inches. I must say, I am devastated to say goodbye to some of my closest friends who will be attending different high …
What an honorable day! Distinguished Scholars Night is a night to honor the hard working and special students of Kraemer Middle School. Overall, I had a great time at Distinguished Scholars Night because all of my friends were there to celebrate the great occasion. To …
Yesterday was a unique experience for both me and my dance group! My sister and I arrived at Crescent Elementary a little early so that we could get a feel of the area and to try some of the food and drinks from around the …
Wow, today was a fabulous day! The day began at 8am when all of Kraemer’s eighth grade GATE met up in our Quad to take roll and get into our groups to go on our Riley’s Farm: A Civil War Experience. Then, we headed onto …
Today was fantastic! I woke up at 8 am to participate in Love Placentia, a community service project. Love Placentia is a way of giving back to our school by cleaning up and freshening up our school. We began our service project by sweeping the …
Today at dance class we took photos! We took photos with one of the teen group dances as well as the entire dance group! I believe that the group photos are still being edited but I cannot wait to see them soon 🙂 I think …