Since September 2022, I am an undergraduate at Columbia. I am majoring in Computer Science with a minor in Linguistics.

Honors and Awards

• John Jay Scholar for being recognized as the top 7.5% of the incoming class of 2026
• Cyber NYC REU Fellow in Summer 2025 with Dr. Nikhil Garg at Cornell Tech for trust & safety security research
• Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellow for summer 2024, receiving $8500 grant to study Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and Moroccan Arabic (Darija) at the Arabic Language Institute in Fez, Morocco
• The Reed First Prize Essay for a winning essay on the topic “Linguistic Barriers and Information Access in East Asia” in Fall 2023. Read my work here

Relevant Courses

• Software Engineering: Engineering Software-as-a-Service · Databases · Data Structures & Algorithms
• Machine Learning: ML for Functional Genomics
• Systems: Computer Systems · Advanced Programming in C
• Mathematics: Linear Algebra · Calculus III · Calc-Based Statistics · Discrete Mathematics
• Linguistics: Syntax · Discourse Analysis · Languages of Asia · Third-Year Advanced Arabic

Work

• CTF Lead for CUCyber (Fall 2022 - Spring 2024). I led interactive cybersecurity and ethical hacking workshops for new student members. I co-led one in which we created a malware using msfvenom to listen in on another computer to demonstrate phishing attacks and spying. I led one in which I explained cryptographic algorithms and their applications in security, guiding students through CTF challenges. I also led more than 50 members in 9 national CTF competitions.
• Program Coordinator for the Woodenfish Foundation and Columbia University Department of Religion (Spring 2024). I coordinated a visit from Venerable Dr. Yifa, PhD. with an international delegation of over 20 Buddhist monks and nuns to Columbia University to facilitate religious dialogue with Columbia faculty and empower monastics to pursue higher education. Read more about my experience here