Experience

1. 

   Software Engineer Intern

   Dow Jones & Company
   May 2026 to Aug 2026
   React

   JavaScript

   LangChain

   Playwright
   Developed production React and TypeScript features for The Wall Street Journal's web platform, contributed to a migration from Unified to Index Design System React component library used across Dow Jones brands, and built AI-Powered internal tooling that visualized routing, data flow, API dependencies, and cross-repository relationships to streamline debugging and end-to-end testing.
2. 

   Machine Learning Research Intern

   Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
   May 2025 to Aug 2025
   Python
   Conducted research on retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems, improving multi-hop question answering through hybrid retrieval methods, adaptive retrieval strategies, and LLM inference optimization.
3. 

   Co-Founder & Co-Executive

   Bridging Seas
   May 2021 to Present
   Founded Bridging Seas, a youth-led nonprofit that has connected over 400+ high school students across 12+ countries through international pen pal programs and cultural exchange. We build meaningful cross-cultural friendships while helping students explore identity, diaspora, and global perspectives through one-on-one conversations and community events.
4. 

   Undergraduate Teaching Assistant for CPSC 223: Data Structures

   Yale University
   Jan 2025 to May 2025
   C

   C++
   Led office hours and debugging sessions, helped students understand core data structures and algorithms, and guided them through programming assignments in C and C++.
5. 

   Program Evaluation Intern

   Coalition of Asian Children and Families
   Jul 2023 to Aug 2023
   Evaluated youth and community programs by analyzing survey and participation data, creating reports, and providing recommendations to support program improvement and strategic planning.
6. 

   Data Intern

   Radicle
   Jun 2022 to Feb 2023
   Python

   Streamlit

   Pandas

   NumPy
   Built internal tools and analytics to help research analysts identify startup acquisition opportunities and generate client-facing insights. Developed interactive data visualizations in Streamlit and Plotly, automated acqui-hire analysis with Python, and created a new metric to measure startup acquisition signals.