I am an artist and scientist, and I plan to pursue a career as a physician. I am drawn to medicine because it is both a science and an art - a physician not only utilizes anatomy and biology principles to treat disease, but also brings empathy and compassion to make a difference in the human stories of patients' lives. Through a career in medicine, I aim to utilize my skills and passions to directly serve others by alleviating suffering and restoring human dignity. In particular, I am interested in working in geriatric medicine and gerontology, which provide opportunities to engage with the stories of patients from all walks of life. In the future, I also aspire to combine my medical career with creating art/writing, teaching future generations of medical professionals, and conducting research, which will enable me to make a further impact beyond the clinic.

• Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow, Material Measurement Laboratory

  Research · National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD

  Jan 2016 – Jan 2016

• Teaching Assistant, School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

  Higher Education · The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX

  Jan 2017 – Jan 2018

• Summer Research Intern, National Institute on Aging

  Research · National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD

  Jan 2017 – Jan 2017

• EuroScholars Research Intern, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain and Disease Research

  Research · Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

  Jan 2018 – Jan 2018

• Academic Intern, Volunteer Services

  Hospital & Health Care · Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, Dallas, TX

  Jan 2018 – Jan 2019

• Programme Director Team Intern, Cambridge Summer Institute

  Higher Education · Magdalene College at the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

  Jan 2019 – Jan 2019

• Medical Scribe

  Hospital & Health Care · Robin Healthcare, Austin, TX

  Jan 2019 – Jan 2020

• Volunteering
• Philanthropy
• Entrepreneurship

• Swimming

  Club

  2009 – 2010

• Karate

  Club · 2 awards

  2010 – 2012

  Awards:

  Certificate of Merit, green belt

• Presented at research conference at MIT and won National 2nd Place Award in MIT INSPIRE competition

  Independent · Philosophy

  2014 – 2015

  Research topic:

  Aztec and Taoist Philosophy

• Research Intern (Presented work at NIST SURF Research Colloquium)

  National Institute of Standards and Technology · Materials Science

  2016 – 2016

  Research topic:

  Block Copolymers

• Research Assistant (Applied for grants and wrote research paper for publication)

  The University of Texas at Dallas · Materials Science

  2016 – 2020

  Research topic:

  Mechanical Metamaterials

• Research Intern (Presented work at NIH main campus and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center)

  National Institutes of Health · Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine

  2017 – 2017

  Research topic:

  Molecular Aging

• Research Intern (Presented work at University of Geneva and won 1st Place Award for presentation)

  Katholieke Universiteit Leuven · Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine

  2018 – 2018

  Research topic:

  Alzheimer's Disease

• Music Composer

  Music Composition

  2012 – Present

  Productions:

  2013 International Humans in Space Art Competition 2nd Place Non-Orchestral Music Composition, 2013 Texas PTA Reflections Contest Award of Merit in Musical Composition

• Visual Artist

  Visual Arts

  2009 – Present

  Productions:

  2014 Congressional Art Competition Winner (artwork displayed in the US Capitol Complex in Washington, DC), 2010 DOW Chemical Calendar Art Contest Honorable Mention, artwork published in "JAMA Internal Medicine" by the American Medical Association (2020), artwork published in "Lifelines" by Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth (2020), artwork published in "Please See Me" by the Center for Healthcare Narratives and MedStar Institute for Quality and Safety (2020), artwork published in "The Penn Review" by the University of Pennsylvania (2020), artwork published in "Pulse: Voices from the Heart of Medicine" by Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine (2019), artwork published in "The Healing Muse" by the State University of New York Upstate Medical University (2019), artwork published in "deLuge Journal" (2019), artwork published in "Asteria Magazine" by the University of Texas at Dallas (2018), artwork published in "The Blueshift Journal" (2017), artwork published in "The Exley" by the University of Texas at Dallas (2016), artwork published in "Celebrating Art" by Blick Art Materials (2015), pending artwork publication in "AMA Journal of Ethics" by the American Medical Association, pending artwork publication in "The Awakenings Review" by The Awakenings Project and the University of Chicago Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation

• Writer

  Creative Writing

  2014 – Present

  Productions:

  2020 Irvin David Yalom, MD Literary Award Finalist (short story recognized by the Pegasus Physician Writers at Stanford), 2014 National PTA Reflections Contest Award of Excellence in Literature (short story displayed at the US Department of Education in Washington, DC), 2014 Texas PTA Reflections Contest Outstanding Interpretation Award in Literature, 2014 Read3Zero Literacy Foundation "I Write" Contest Star Author Award, short story published in "Nature" (2020), poem published in "Family Medicine" by the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (2020), short story published in "Bellevue Literary Review" by the New York University Langone Medical Center and Bellevue Hospital (2020), poem published in "Lifelines" by Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth (2020), short story published in "The New Physician" by the American Medical Student Association (2019), poem published in "The Healing Muse" by the State University of New York Upstate Medical University (2019), poem published in "Texas’s Best Emerging Poets 2019" (2019), short story published in "Daily Science Fiction" (2017), short story published in "I Write" by the iWrite Literacy Foundation (2014)

• Officer (President and Event Manager)

  Art UTD · Visual Arts

  2015 – 2019

  Productions:

  Organized yearly art shows to fundraise for health-related causes (including an Alzheimer's disease charity, a blood cancer charity, and a free pediatric clinic), taught monthly art workshops to university students and staff, was awarded a Victor Worsfold Grant to start a student-led mural-painting initiative at the University of Texas at Dallas

• Editor

  Doctors Who Create · Medical Humanities

  2019 – Present

  Productions:

  Edit an online medical humanities magazine called "Doctors Who Create" sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania

• Corresponding Member

  Pegasus Physician Writers at Stanford · Medical Humanities

  2020 – Present

  Productions:

  Help coordinate writing workshops for physician-writers affiliated with Stanford School of Medicine

• Volunteer (32 hours)

  Volunteering · Space Center Houston

  2012 – 2012

  Mission:

  I assisted with Guest Services operations, answered guest questions about Johnson Space Center and NASA, and volunteered to help translate the Space Center Houston Visitor Brochure to Chinese

• Volunteer (48 hours)

  Volunteering · BrickUniverse Dallas

  2015 – 2016

  Mission:

  I sold raffle tickets and ran Lego-building workshops at Lego conventions to raise money for Lego donations to underprivileged children in hospitals

• Officer (Service Team Associate Chair) and Volunteer (100 hours)

  Volunteering · Golden Key Honor Society

  2016 – 2019

  Mission:

  I helped coordinate service events/activities, such as sorting food at food pantries, making cards for domestic abuse victims, and collecting blanket and bracelet donations for pediatric cancer patients

• Volunteer (550 hours)

  Volunteering · Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas

  2017 – 2019

  Mission:

  I volunteered at the Emergency Department, where I rounded on patients, assisted guests, and provided support to nurses

• Volunteer (30 hours)

  Volunteering · The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

  2019 – Present

  Mission:

  As a volunteer with the UT Southwestern geriatrics department, I have talked with elderly patients to provide emotional support, encouraged patients to be physically/mentally active, assisted nurses, and conducted art therapy activities