During the winter of 2016, I made some of my best memories in Central America learning large animal veterinary practices. Two weeks in Belize taught me many things: big bugs actually don’t scare me, medicine is very different in different parts of the world, and veterinary medicine is such a Read more…
Summers have always been a busy time of the year for me. It’s that one time during the year in your undergraduate career that you can focus exactly on what type of experience you want to get and evaluate for yourself if it is something you would be interested in Read more…
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences REU @ Harvard During the summer of 2016, I decided to venture out to the great east coast. Being a west coast girl my whole life, this was a pretty big step for me, not to mention I was going to be doing research Read more…
In the Spring of 2017, our goal was to tackle social isolation in elder adults. We worked semester long to discover exactly how to tackle this problem and what was causing the problem for older generations. With mentorship and guidance from the Fung Fellowship, we followed iterative design and a Read more…
Wanderlust is a form of traveling technology that finally provides all the necessary tools for travel planning in one spot. Wanderlust provides a platform for friends and colleagues to collaborate on their group trips, thus easing the frustrations of group planning and creating a more efficient experience for groups of Read more…
Understanding visual perception, especially in humans, can lead to fascinating discoveries. We can come to understand the limitations on human perception and how this employs difficulties for humanity as well as potential benefits. For example, understanding perception of geometric shapes can help understand the limitations and strengths of visual navigation Read more…
In the Fall of 2016, my team pictured above were challenged with affecting the health of at risk youth. After researching areas of need, we decided we wanted to work with children who had no other choice but to live in the hospital for lengths at a time. We began Read more…