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Science Olympiad

Science Olympiad is a team-based competition where middle/high school students test their knowledge on a wide range of STEM topics. I first started competing in Science Olympiad in the seventh grade (this is 2017 wow I feel so old…), and had an amazing opportunity to compete at regional, state, and national levels over the course of middle and high school. A lot of the studying I did in this competition (like learning oceanography, meteorology, astronomy, herpetology, ornithology, and many more) set the foundation for my current career in earth science research.

When I went to UNC for undergrad, I joined Carolina Science Olympiad, which is a Science Olympiad alumni organization at UNC that organizes invitational tournaments so current high schools can prepare for upcoming regional/state/national tournaments. As president (2024-2025) of Carolina Science Olympiad, I organized our third-annual in-person tournament at UNC where over 500 students participated across 30 teams around North Carolina. As president, I also organized volunteering opportunities for local tournaments, and provided coaching/mentorship to local middle schools in the Research Triangle Park region.

Now at Georgia Tech, I am working with their alumni organization as part of the Urban Schools Initiative to support local Title I schools as they prepare for their respective Science Olympiad seasons.

Carolina Science Olympiad invitational — 2023 Carolina Science Olympiad Invitational. This is most of the executive board. Some of us on the executive board once competed with and against one another at some point during our time in middle school and high school. In 2023 I was the Media chair, so the banner in the middle was something I designed. It's supposed to look like this one stacked wordmark from the band Radiohead.

More information about Science Olympiad can be found here.

Epsilon Eta

I joined the Alpha chapter of Epsilon Eta Environmental Honors Fraternity during my second year at UNC. As a member of Epsilon Eta, I participated in professional/academic development and community service work. Part of this included volunteering at UNC Edible Campus and tabeling for the UNC Cleantech Summit. For my senior year, I was the Academic Chair, and organized study hours for members and planned a LinkedIn workshop so members could curate their profiles and learn how to connect with others on LinkedIn.