I have a strong passion in teaching and mentorship for fostering next generation engineers and scientists. My teaching and mentorship experience started in high school but more officially during college in Madison where I served as tutor and mentor since sophomore and teaching assistant in my senior year. This carried on to Berkeley where I was a graduate student instructor for two semesters and mentored more than 8 undergraduate researchers in our lab.

During my college time at Madison, I have been a peer mentor/tutor for 2.5 years in the Center of Academic Excellence under college of Letters & Science. As a peer mentor/tutor, I primarily work with historically underrepresented students and help them achieve academic excellence in certain classes as well as provide peer-mentorship outside of classroom. Over the course of 2.5 years, I have worked with six peers and 10 different courses. Not only it was great to have teaching/mentoring experience in college but also it was a great opportunity for me to learn about their unique journeys and empowering stories. On top of the mentorship experience, I went through a good amount of trainings offered by the center toward leadership and collaborative skills in a diverse setting. In the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, I was a teaching assistant for ECE 330: Electrodynamics II in Spring 2017.

At Berkeley, I was privileged to have mentored and worked with more than a hand full of talented and motivated undergraduate students. Each student brought me very different perspectives and their life journeys up to that point. Their different personalities and way of thinking sharpens my leadership skills every single day. I enjoyed a great ton working with them and seeing them grow inch by inch in not only academic research but also their own personal skills. It is real tough to do research in a lab while completing the very challenging coursework here at Berkeley. I applaud their efforts and celebrate their achievements during their time with me and also after graduation. A few of them decided to go to graduate school and all of them got into very top programs. Overall, mentoring undergraduate students were the favorite moments in my grad student career. I hope to continue sharpening my mentorship and leadership skills in my future endeavor.