Education


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University of California, Berkeley 08/2024 – 05/2028
B.A. Data Science, Political Science & Legal Studies, Public Policy Minor
Berkeley, CA
  • Relevant Coursework: Data Structures & Algorithms, Linear Algebra, Structure of Computer Programs, Foundations & Principles of Data Science, Technology Society & Power, Statistical Methods for Political Science

Experience


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Communications Intern
Washington, DC
DatawrapperAnalytical WritingInvestigative ResearchSocial MediaDigital Graphics
Prickly Paradigm Press 06/2026 – 08/2026
Editorial Intern
Remote
  • Wrote 2 dispatches about the rise of kayfabe in DC and how anthropology informs the AI slop age and big data
  • Authored website copy about early Prickly titles, drawing on key anthropological ideas
  • Posted weekly social media posts about Prickly pamphlets, authored press releases for upcoming title
  • Developed media lists for upcoming titles across legacy outlets, podcasts, Substacks and student papers
Academic WritingCreative NonfictionPublishingDescriptive AnalysisAnthropology
AAPI Data – Institute of Social Issues 06/2025 – 08/2026
Policy & Data Intern
Berkeley, CA
  • Assist with policy research including literature reviews on AAPI issues, AI in education, and education accessibility.
  • Analyze large datasets from IPUMS and survey data to create graphs on Flourish highlighting policy priorities.
  • Created 150+ charts for AAPI Data decennial State of AANHPIs report, pulled and cleaned data
  • Did background policy research, wrote parts of and created graphs for By the Numbers guide on Labor
  • Helped with operations and logistics for AAPI Data's inaugural Bolder Futures Fellowship by reading 300+ applications, conducting interviews & reference checks, and assisting with building curriculum
  • Organized Student Showcase event to highlight student research; booked venue and facilitated RSVPs.
PythonIPUMSFlourishPolicy ResearchData Analysis
The Daily Californian 06/2025 – Present
Deputy Data Editor
Berkeley, CA
  • Pitch stories to managing editor, file PRA requests for datasets, curate story docs for data staffers
  • Attend daily meetings to approve data stories going out, in-depth understanding of behind-the-scene processes
  • Edited midlength investigative data journalism stories and data graphics for breaking news stories
  • Led month-long hiring process, including reading applications and facilitating interviews, for new staffers
Data Reporter & Developer
Berkeley, CA
  • Create data-driven investigative research projects for one of the west coast's oldest newspapers.
  • Analyzed student public transit data to visualize payoff of campus initiative, in exclusive Data print, read here
  • Analyzed 7 years of ASUC election datasets to uncover correlation between funding allocations and voter turnout; published findings in widely circulated campus newspaper.
  • Researched 2022 compact between UC and CA governor; compiled tuition and admissions data for the UC system over the last decade to uncover trends — read here.
  • Created a force simulation of all Berkeley clubs receiving university funding using d3.js — read here.
d3.jsData JournalismInvestigative ResearchPythonPandas
CITRIS and the Banatao Institute Tech Policy Initiative 09/2025 – 12/2025
Tech Policy Researcher
Berkeley, CA
  • Team of 6 — researched AI overreach and data privacy in social networking sites.
  • Drafted a policy memo to inform regulation on AI safety incident reporting and data privacy in California.
  • Created a resource toolkit containing actionable insights for users to protect data online.
  • Presented research at UC Berkeley Data, Democracy and Design symposium in front of key stakeholders.
Policy ResearchAI SafetyData PrivacyTechnical Writing
Political Computer Science 12/2024 – Present
Education Chair · Incoming External Vice President (SP26)
Berkeley, CA
  • Developed bootcamp curriculum in Python for 30+ new members; integrated DS + policy case studies, improving member retention by 40%.
  • Organized workshops focused on data privacy, digital rights, and other tech policy topics.
  • Collaborated with 9-member board for successful functioning of 150-member club focused on interdisciplinary use of data science for large-scale social science projects; oversaw applications, interviews and deliberations.
PythonCurriculum DesignLeadershipTech Policy

Projects


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Analysis of Generative AI Policy Across College Syllabi 08/2025 – Present
  • Scraped over 75,000 publicly available syllabi, analyzing data using NLP techniques to research generative AI policies and their variations across institutions.
  • Extracted text using Regex, experimented with supervised and unsupervised classification algorithms, and used k-means clustering to group policies.
  • Created visualizations including confusion matrices, stacked bar charts, and layered pie charts to simplify findings.
  • Presented with Research Storytelling Award (1 out of 50+ teams) at UC Berkeley CDSS Symposium.
PythonNLPPandasMLSeabornRegexk-means
Reproductive Rights Tracker 06/2025 – 12/2025
  • Led team of 7 to build a website centralizing reproductive justice resources and information.
  • Created an interactive map to visualize abortion clinics across California and highlight key services offered.
HTML/CSSJavaScriptSvelteLeafletGeoJSON
Build Your Own World 07/2025 – 08/2025
  • Developed a tile-based game with deterministic map generation using seeded randomization.
  • Implemented viewport rendering, avatar movement, and file I/O for save/load functionality.
  • Applied graph-based algorithms to connect generated rooms with traversable hallways.
JavaFile I/OGraph Algorithms
Legislative Scorecard 09/2024 – 12/2024
  • Team of 7 — analyzed Senate bills over 2 years to build a legislative scorecard for U.S. Senators.
  • Helped create a website hosting the scorecard, tracking Senators' stances on policies based on user responses on a scale of 1 to -1.
PythonSupabasePandasHTML

Skills


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Languages
EnglishTamilHindiItalianFrenchSpanishSanskritLatin
Technical
PythonJavaSQLHTML/CSSJavaScriptReactSvelteSchemeR
Libraries
NumPyPandasMatplotlibSeabornd3.jsNLTKBeautiful SoupTKinterJUnit