portfolio
design
projects
Spring 2023 in "To-Do"s
MAY 4 2023
A Priestly chart (connected dot plot) view of my activities across the semester, as tracked by my to-do app. Made with D3, Prisma, Supabase!
Bamboo housing
JUL 1 2022
A visual review of bamboo construction for residential use. How is bamboo currently used in the built environment, and how can it flourish in the future?
An antidote to greenwashing
DEC 3 2021 • HAUTE MAGAZINE
An in-depth feature on textiles and their impact in the context of sustainable fashion. Written for Haute Magazine's Fall 2021 issue, On the Edge.
Predicting COVID-19 cases via LSTM modeling with weather, mobility, and demographic data
NOV 1 2020 • UMD INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN ELECTRONICS AND APPLIED PHYSICS
A research project exploring the potential of applying machine learning (more specifically, an entity-aware long short term memory network) to COVID-19 case prediction.
The hidden link between bats, COVID-19, and climate change
JUN 25 2020 • BREAKTHROUGH JUNIOR CHALLENGE
A synthesized explanation of yet another reason climate change should matter to us—the potential normalcy of pandemics via zoonotic diseases.
An unexpected dinner guest: marine plastic pollution hides a neurological toxin in our food
MAY 7 2020 • THE NEW YORK TIMES
One of eight winning essays (among 1,618 entries) from the New York Times Learning Network's STEM projects Contest. Also published on Phys.org.
Inside the feminist tech jamboree helping girls break barriers in STEM
DEC 16 2019 • MS. MAGAZINE
Behind-the-scenes of Technica, an all-women and non-binary hackathon hosted annually at the University of Maryland, College Park. Published as a part of "The Future is Ms."
Tracking the UN's youth climate delegates
OCT 2 2019 • CLIMATE TRACKER
Profiles of international leaders at the UN Youth Action Summit alongside the global climate strikes on September 20, 2019. Written with Yamila Frej and Amogh Dimri during a three-day mentorship with Climate Tracker.
Raising the standard for MCPS in ongoing contract negotiations
NOV 13 2019 • SILVER CHIPS ONLINE
Coverage of teachers' responses to the teacher strikes in Chicago, especially in light of recent contract re-negotiations for Mongomery County Public Schools.