Experience

• Published 5 pieces on U.S.–China energy policy, garnering 62,000+ views addressing gaps in U.S. discourse on electric grid infrastructure and resource constraints affecting both countries' efforts to power AI development.
• Conducted research using Mandarin-language sources to ensure accuracy and rigor in analysis.

• Distilled current reports on 3 Taiwanese security issues into memos to prepare Legislator Chen Kuan-Ting for deliberations in his role on the Legislative Yuan's Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee.
• Supported 3 public forums to raise awareness on Taiwanese policy issues, including event logistics and promotion.

• Provided real-time English-to-Mandarin interpretation for 20+ C-suite level speakers during weekly events.
• Collaborated on a multicultural team of 4 interpreters from Greater China to improve interpretation quality.

• Created a novel classification system and 80+ country-level graphs with Index data for use in DTL's publications.
• Published statistical analysis on the 2022 China Index with commentary in The Diplomat.
• Presented research on PRC influence in South America to prepare colleagues for a workshop in Colombia.

• Researched Indonesian politics and drafted 2 cables to State Dept. HQ to inform domestic policymakers.
• Analyzed 140 foreign-language articles and interviewed 2 foreign mission officials to report on overseas influence.
• Authored an 11-page brief on Indonesia's 9 political parties to prepare embassy staff for local elections.

• GPA: 4.00 / 4.00. Minors in Math, Chinese, and Economics. Chinese Flagship Program.
• Heritage Scholarship — four-year full tuition scholarship.

• Took coursework taught in Mandarin on China–Southeast Asia relations; audited 3 graduate seminars on the PRC.

Web scraped 2,000+ articles from the CCP's main ideological magazine and 50k articles from a top Chinese think-tank to analyze authorship, core topics, and frequency trends. Performed sentiment analysis around the economy and major initiatives using NLP packages from Hugging Face.

Competitive scholarship (26% of applicants selected) from the U.S. Department of State to fund study abroad experiences and foreign language study.

Selected as a Finalist for the prestigious Boren Scholarship.

Awarded a FLAS summer scholarship to pursue advanced Mandarin studies at the Middlebury Chinese School.