Although many an Instagram account has been dedicated to the oddities that occupy the streets of New York, few have yet to witness the caterpillar who migrated to Brooklyn for two hours each Sunday to study the harp. At the age of eight, my fingers first grazed the strings of a harp in my teacher’s Brooklyn loft. Mesmerized by its ethereal, luminous sound, I christened my rental harp, Arabella. Our first few months together were spent in bliss as...

Give me a screwdriver and a harp - and I’ll make music. Sliding the screwdriver up and down a single string, I recreate the boing of Jerry hitting Tom on the head through a vibrato. Shaking the screwdriver between two strings, I produce the sound of raindrops hitting glass via a tremolo. At first glance, a screwdriver and harp in conjunction may seem absurd, but the musical possibilities are endless. At the age of eight, my fingers first grazed...

I am fascinated by AI's foundations, applications, and ethics, specifically in the environmental field. At Princeton, I would love to pursue these disciplines by majoring in Computer Science through the unique BSE program and earning certificates in Technology and Society, Environmental Studies, and Entrepreneurship. Ever since I was first introduced to Artificial Intelligence at the Stanford summer program, I have found and immersed myself in several opportunities that solidified my desire to pursue AI research/entrepreneurship. . Engineering at Princeton has...

After the 2016 election, I felt an extreme motivation and sense of duty to become involved in the political landscape. I spent days phone banking and writing voting postcards for the 2018 midterms, but I wanted to harness my passion for technology to make change. After scouring the internet and calling local offices for volunteer opportunities, I was selected as the first high school-aged fellow for BlueTech Data, a national nonprofit empowering grassroots campaigns through data science. Using campaign data management platform...

I’m excited about the role technology can play in solving society’s biggest challenges; I hope to one day create AI-based applications, devices, and platforms that can effect genuine change in our communities. At MIT, I would love to major in Course 6-3, obtaining a solid technical foundation upon which to innovate, and minor in STS or Entrepreneurship/Innovation to implement that progress. I would do UROPs at IDSS, studying healthcare data-to-decision-science, and CSAIL, scaling impact with industry. Classes...