Jobs & Community

Contra Dancing
  • I began contra dancing in college at the Irish American Heritage Center in Chicago.
  • I regularly volunteer for both of New York City's two regular contra dances: Country Dance New York (CDNY) in Manhattan and Brooklyn Contra (BKC) in Brooklyn.
  • I have contra danced in Illinois, New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and California. I love attending dance weekends, both specific to contra and broader.
  • CDNY Website
  • BKC Website
  • Attending Theatre
  • I see most shows running on Broadway, as well as a smattering of Off- or Off-Off-Broadway shows.
  • My Show-Score Account
  • Happiness Club
  • Co-Chair of Happiness Club, the first organization I joined on campus as a freshman.
  • Chiefly responsible for the planning and conducting of events designed to make campus a happier place, including major events such as a Welcome Bonfire, Pie a Professor, and Happiness Week, and weekly events such as movie nights and capture the flag games. Responsible for facilitating contact with our more than 1000 members via a weekly email.
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • See the full write-up and photos on the Happiness Club page.
  • Seesaw Theatre
  • Director, teaching artist, cast member, and adventure guide with Seesaw Theatre, a student theatre group that devises and performs sensory theatrical performances designed for autistic and otherwise disabled children.
  • Executive Board Member as the Spring Director and Head Adventure Guide, where I guided other TAs in best practices for engaging our audiences. The Head Adventure Guide acts as Assistant Director for both Seesaw's seasonal stage productions.
  • Cast member in various Seesaw stage productions. In Winter 2018, I was a Snow Buddy in Snow Day. In Spring 2018, I was The Fawn in Wanderland. In Winter 2019, I was a Cowgirl in Rockin' Rodeo.
  • As a TA, I oversaw drama workshops for disabled children at local schools.
  • Website
  • Hackathons
  • Check out my GitHub page to see my projects!
  • Thought Jar (Best Beginner Hack at BuildHer 2018): designed and built an iPhone app in React Native that provides users with a daily positive thought and space to reflect.
  • HeartBeat (Best Design at ByteHacks 2018): designed and built a website that provides a Spotify playlist customized by users’ moods, which can be determined by facial recognition. Technologies used include HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Google Cloud Platform, Google Vision, Python, and Flask.
  • Intern Prep (Team Lead at Internal Amazon Hackathon 2020): designed and built an Alexa Skill with a conversational interface to provide incoming interns with a countdown to their start date and relevant tips based on how much time remains.
  • .dev Competition
  • Winner: First Place
  • Led a team in developing an iPhone app to store and calculate users’ family relations. Worked as Project Lead and on frontend, using React Native.
  • Women in Computing Club
  • I was a member of Northwestern's WiC from September 2018 to 2021. As a senior, I mentored a freshman Computer Science major.
  • Technological Innovations for Inclusive Learning & Teaching Lab
  • I was a research assistant on the FamJam! making project of TIILT lab. I facilitated projects among families using technological tools like 3D pens and paper circuits and took field notes.
  • Website
  • Smoke & Mirrors Magic Club
  • I was Vice President of Northwestern's magic club Smoke & Mirrors. I performed in our annual Spring magic show in both 2018 and 2019.
  • Chi Omega Sorority
  • I joined Chi Omega in January 2018.
  • Theater Performance
  • I have trained and performed in dance, vocal performance, and theater since the age of 5. See my former theatre resume here: Resume
    More from My Resume
  • A few more jobs that shaped my life outside of the technical track — full details on the Resume page:
  • Dun-Well Donuts, Employee
  • Edouard Malingue Gallery Hong Kong, Intern
  • Princess Party Pals, Co-Founder
  • Wheelock Family Theatre, Assistant
  • The Performing Arts Connection, Counselor
  • Every entry below is tagged with the skills and tools it used. Click a tag to narrow the list to those with that skill or tool — click more tags to broaden the filter, and click an active tag again to remove it.

    Performing

    A Very Merry Sanctuary

    I directed Seesaw's Spring production A Very Merry Sanctuary. Due to the pandemic, the final production was delivered in the form of an interactive website and mail-delivered props to follow along.

    See the website version of the show here.

    Skills and Tools: Directing, Leadership, Creative Thought, Zoom, Devising, Writing, Accessibility, Design Justice

    Lunar New Year Cabaret

    I contributed a rendition of the song "A Change in Me" from Beauty and the Beast to Cape Cod Theatre Company/Harwich Junior Theatre's Lunar New Year Celebration Virtual Cabaret aiming to celebrate the new year and shed light on the asian community as racism and discrimination increased during the Covid-19 pandemic. The cabaret is viewable here.

    Skills and Tools: Singing, Self-Tape

    Outside the Lines
    Outside the Lines graphic

    I acted as assistant director on Outside the Lines. While the performance was eventually cancelled due to Covid-19, I participated in the devising process which enabled us to finalize a script.

    Skills and Tools: Creative Thought, Zoom, Devising, Editing

    Me & the Moon
    Me & the Moon graphic

    I assistant-directed Me & the Moon and stepped in for several performances as an Adventure Guide.

    Skills and Tools: Creative Thought, Communication, Working with Children, ASL

    Rockin' Rodeo
    Rockin' Rodeo poster

    I was a cowgirl Adventure Guide in Seesaw's Winter production Rockin' Rodeo.

    Skills and Tools: Creative Thought, Performing, Working with Children, ASL

    Smoke & Mirrors

    I joined Northwestern's magic club, where I acted as Historian and Vice President. I participated in the 2018 and 2019 Spring performances, doing a rope act the first year and a telepathy act the second. Thanks to the club, I can also perform several card tricks.

    Skills and Tools: Performing, Illusions

    Wanderland
    Wanderland graphic

    I was The Fawn in Seesaw's production of Wanderland.

    Skills and Tools: Creative Thought, Performing, Working with Children, ASL

    Snow Day
    Snow Day cast photo

    I was an Adventure Guide/Cast Member in Seesaw's Winter Event Snow Day. I performed as a student on a snow day and puppeteered the Snow Bunny.

    Skills and Tools: Creative Thought, Performing, Working with Children, ASL, Puppetry

    Crafts

    New York Cross Stitch

    This cross stitch took me two years to complete, and another two years to actually get framed and hang in my apartment.

    New York Cross Stitch

    Skills and Tools: Cross Stitch, Yarn

    Needlefelted Poliwag

    My first freehand needlefelt endeavor, based on the Pokemon Poliwag. It won First Prize in the Textiles category of the Global Operations and Technology Craft Show at work.

    Needlefelted poliwag

    Skills and Tools: Needlefelting, Wool

    Cross-Stitch

    I cross-stitched this image of Stitch and Angel and had it custom framed.

    Cross Stitch of Stitch and Angel

    Skills and Tools: Cross Stitch, Yarn

    Needlefelted Fox

    In the first few months of 2021, I tried out a new art form, and made this fox from a kit my brother gave me.

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    Skills and Tools: Needlefelting, Wool

    Orca Rug

    In the first few months of quarantine, when I went home to Massachusetts, I picked back up latch hooking (and cross stitching!) and this orca rug was the result.

    Skills and Tools: Latch Hook, Yarn

    Writing & Editing

    Kayla's Directory

    I spent several years editing blog posts for Kayla's Directory, a website created to assist special needs families in VT. (The blog itself is no longer live.)

    Skills and Tools: Copyediting

    Naughton But Movies

    In my spare time, I edited Sean Naughton's film blog, Naughton But Movies

    Skills and Tools: Copyediting

    Writing

    In high school, I wrote for the school newspaper. My article Hollywood still has a big diversity problem won the award Best of SNO (Student Newspapers Online). Other articles are available here. I had two poems published before college and also won a Scholastic Art and Writing Award Silver Key. My free verse poem I Am a Spider was published by Festival for Poetry in May 2025.

    Skills and Tools: Creative Writing, Journalistic Writing, Copyediting, Poetry

    Life & Travel

    Learning ASL

    I believe strongly in the importance of accessibility, and my time with Seesaw showed me the beauty of American Sign Language, so I took classes to independently learn ASL at the Sign Language Center in NYC. I don't have any particular goals or plans to use this skill, but I hope that one day it will come in handy (haha)!

    Skills and Tools: ASL

    Carbon Offsetting Travel

    Minimizing environmental impact is important to me. Beyond consolidating the majority of my investments into environmentally conscious or favorable companies, a primary way I try to minimize my personal carbon footprint is to purchase carbon offsets for travel. Every year, I track the travel I do via car, bus, train, and plane, calculate my carbon footprint, and purchase a corresponding number of carbon credits from a reputable source. (As of 2026, I purchase verified carbon credits through Gold Standard’s Climate+ Portfolio). I have fully calculated and offset 100% of out-of-state travel footprints for 2022 through 2025.

    Skills and Tools: Quantitative Carbon Modeling, Data Logging, ESG, Vendor Due Diligence

    Study Abroad

    I spent Fall Quarter 2019 studying abroad in Paris, France. I participated in an intensive French program. I studied sociology at the Sorbonne and ballet and pointe at the Marais School of Dance. I also took the opportunity to travel around Europe.

    Skills and Tools: French, Cultural Ambassador, Critical Thinking, Ballet, Pointe, Planning

    Timeline

    Community, performing, hobby, and personal history. See the full timeline for work and school history too.