MIT Queer Advocacy Space in AeroAstro (QuASAR)
Co-Founder, Co-President (2021 — 2024)
– Create a space where LGBTQ+ students, staff, and faculty in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT can make connections, and discuss advocacy around queer and trans-related issues
– Organized social events and planned a seminar series featuring LGBTQ+ engineers in industry and academia
MIT Graduate Women in Aerospace Engineering (GWAE)
Social coordinator (2021 — 2022)
– Organized regular social events for women and gender minorities in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT
MIT Graduate Student Union
Organizer, Executive Board member, Chief Steward (2021 — 2025)
– Led a democratic organization of 3500 student-workers
– Managed, trained, and assigned work to personnel of over 100 stewards
– Regular public communications through emails, membership meetings, speeches
MIT AeroAstro DEI Committee
Member (2021 — 2023)
MIT AeroAstro Joint Advisory Group
Graduate Member (2022 — 2024)
– Advised the department leadership on all aspects of student life and learning
MIT AeroAstro Graduate Visiting Weekend
Student Ambassador (2023)
TAMU Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP)
Invited panelist (2020)
– Spoke with undergraduate women Physics majors from across the state of Texas about navigating careers in physics and engineering
– Panelist for topics including applying to jobs and maintaining work-life balance as a physics student
TAMU Discover, Explore, & Enjoy Physics (DEEP) program
Undergraduate member (2014 — 2018)
– Collaborated with multiple teams of undergraduate and graduate students to research, conceptualize, design, and fabricate educational and engaging physics demonstrations for public science outreach
– Focused on the areas of astrophysics, optics, and electronics; helped lead teams in the development of a railgun project and an interactive optical physics demonstration
Texas A&M University Society of Physics Students
Vice President, Outreach Director (2014 — 2018)
– Organized weekly meetings which featured professors and professionals discussing present topics, news, and personal experiences in physics
– Created and taught a curriculum for a freshman introductory class focused on developing skills and habits for academic success