Led school mock trial program as head from middle school through senior year and served as president junior and senior years; competed as a trial attorney, winning every trial entered plus multiple county honorable mentions
Captained school debate team for 2 years; competed in debate and earned team awards.
Played varsity soccer all four years (jersey #20) as team captain, earning Player of the Game honors and building team community
Wrote and published a coming-of-age novel about a young girl through a small local publisher, foreshadowing her later study of creative writing at Brown
Served in student council and leadership all four years; elected class president junior year and class secretary senior year
Volunteered with a local homeless shelter and church, sang in school choir, and gleaned surplus produce from Central Coast farms to donate to local food banks
Founded and ran 'Live Empathy,' a blog launched in summer 2019 covering social and political issues with the mission of teaching readers to live empathetically; gained a sizable reach as a high schooler
Organized community-building leadership workshops for siblings and peers focused on interpersonal connection and empathy