2026
"Missionaries Show Me and My Mother How to Pray" - Scholastic National Gallery
"Missionaries Show Me and My Mother How to Pray" - Psaltery & Lyre
"Calamities: An Immigrant Documentary" - The WIT (print)
"Missionaries Show Me and My Mother How to Pray" - The WIT (print)
"Abecedarian Appeal" - Randall Albers Young Writers Award Anthology (forthcoming)
2025
"wish you were buried" - The WIT (2025) - PRINT
"Language in Superposition" - The WIT (2025) - PRINT
"What We Carry" - National Poetry Quarterly (2025) - PRINT
2023
“Eight Steps to Disappear" - The Battering Ram
"CLEAR HISTORY" - The Battering Ram
"A Moment to Regret" - Teen Ink

EDITING
- Rivener Literary Founder and EIC (2025-Present)
- STEMScribe Founder and EIC (2024-Present)
- JADE&COMPASS Editor (2025-Present)
- The Incandescent Review Editor (2025)
- The WIT Editor (2024-Present)
PROGRAMS
- Iowa Young Writer's Studio Poetry Course (instructed by Hannah Bonner)
- Ellipsis Poetry and Creative Nonfiction Writing Studios (instructed by Sara Elkamel and Richie Hofmann)
- Fir Acres Writing Workshop at Lewis & Clark College (2026)
- Adroit Journal Summer Mentorship Program (2026)
CLUBS
- Audition-selected member of the Spoken Word Team, performed at Rooted&Radical
- School literary magazine (The WIT)

INTERESTS: Mathematical modeling, astrophysical computing, machine learningRESEARCH AWARDS
- Illinois Junior Academy of Science (IJAS) State Science Fair Paper Winner
- IJAS State 2x Best in Category; Top Paper Award; 5x Gold; Regional 2x Top Paper, 1x Perfect Paper, 3x Best in Category
- ISEF Semifinalist (Top 20); Illinois State Academy of Science (ISAS) Conference Nomination; Top Two Papers in Region
PROJECTS
1. A Comparative Machine Learning Approach to Predict Habitability of Confirmed Exoplanets (2023-2024)
-> Earned Science Fair Regional and State-Wide Gold, Best in Category, and Top Paper; ISAS Nomination
2. Deep Learning for Compact Binary Merger Prediction via Simulated Gravitational Waves (2024-2025)
-> Earned Science Fair Regional and State-Wide Gold and Best in Category
3. Exploring the Effects of Oxidative Stress on Sulfur Compound Metabolism and Biosynthesis in the Liver (2025)
-> NASA Genelab for High Schools Capstone Program, presented at the 2025 American Society for Gravitational and Space Research Conference
4. Investigating the Effect of Galaxy Merger Ratio and History on Intracluster Gas Turbulence Using IllustrisTNG Simulations (2025-2026)
-> Earned ISEF Semifinalist
5. Reducing Bias in Chicago Predictive Policing Algorithms (2026)
-> Competed in Math Modeling the Future Challenge
6. To Gamble or Not to Gamble? That Is the Question (2026)
-> Competed in the MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge
Want to view the papers or posters? Email me anytime for details about these projects or potential collaborations!COMPETITIONS
- AIME Qualification with Distinction, AMC 10 Achievement Roll
- Drake Physics Prize Top 25
- International Astronomy and Astrophysics Competition Bronze Medal
FUN STUFF
- I publish physics tutorials (mainly focusing on AP Physics C) on the Youtube channel "Physics Yaps."
- I have taught a "research skills" class to middle schoolers in Fenghua Academy for the past three years!

- National YoungArts Poetry Winner
- Chicago Literary Hall of Fame Randall Albers Award Poetry First Place Winner
- 2x Scholastic Art & Writing National Silver Medalist; American Voices Nominee
- 11x Scholastic Gold Key; 10x Silver Key; 8x Honorable Mention
- National High School Poetry Contest Winner
- DePaul's Blue Book: Best American High School Writing Finalist
- Illinois Junior Academy of Science (IJAS) State Science Fair Paper Winner; Regional 2x Top Paper, Perfect Paper; Illinois State Academy of Science (ISAS) Conference Nominee (Top Two in Region)

I like to prototype tools for writers (or those in pursuit of connection)!

Afterink: Interactive ekphrastic poetry graph
Poetry Parcel: Shareable collages of visual art, poetry, neologisms
Read a Secret, Write a Secret: Anonymous confession forum
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