Played varsity volleyball all four years of high school and was named team captain senior year; ran volleyball camps and skills clinics as community service alongside the head coach
Served as president of her school's We the People club (the Center for Civic Education's constitutional democracy program) across all four years; organized a shoe-drive partnership with Samaritan's Feet
Held a senior-year leadership position in the National Honor Society and was a member of the National English Honor Society for two years, contributing ongoing community-service hours through both societies
Competed in club volleyball through junior year and captained multiple club teams, sustaining year-round athletic commitment outside the high school season
Volunteered with local government and national political campaigns, an uncommon early civic commitment she credited as a factor that set her application apart at UNC
Co-founded Shop Barbu, an online women's clothing boutique launched with her two sisters; curated product selection and pricing and grew the combined Instagram and Facebook following past 2,000 while running weekly marketing campaigns to drive sales
Created and hosted a personal YouTube channel from 2018, producing lifestyle and college-admissions vlogs on a regular upload schedule for an audience that grew past 17,000 subscribers and 1.2M+ lifetime views
Coached her own youth volleyball team for two years as a paid coach and volunteered at summer volleyball camps every summer from freshman through senior year