It’s nice to meet you.

I’m a curious problem-solver and designer.

I love working with people. And numbers.

Climate justice is my passion.

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Now, what’s all this about how and why? I’ve tried at least one new activity each term at Dartmouth– usually it’s more like 2 or 3 or 4 new activities. From one perspective, this makes for a rather disjointed, winding story; from another, my insatiable curiosity has led me to a myriad of diverse experiences, each teaching me something new about myself.

Through intercurricular and extracurricular research and design projects I’ve had the chance to learn new skills and apply old ones, work with some amazing people, and communicate complex technical ideas and concepts in a down-to-earth, engaging manner. Through my work experiences, I’ve learned to manage myself, prioritize, and meet deadlines, as well as manage others and think (almost) like a startup investor. Along my academic and career journeys, I’ve gotten to live in a couple amazing places, which profoundly changed the way I see the world, and my academic interests. And through it all, it’s been my passions that have kept me going.

After four years of intense self discovery and challenge, I think I may have just scratched at the surface of the answer to the eternal What do you want to do? For now, the answer is this: I want to work at the intersection of why and how: I have learned that the why of my work is extremely important to me. Why am I spending my time doing what I’m doing? Why am I designing this product, or device, or system? Frankly, if the answer doesn’t somehow incorporate the sentiment of “in order to make the world a better place,” then I struggle to fully engage. The how gets at what sort of work I’d like to do: this is where creativity, problem-solving, and teamwork come in.