I'm a fourth year math graduate student at MIT, advised by David Vogan. Within math, I'm particularly interested in representation theory and Lie theory. I'm honored to be a Hertz Fellow as well as an NSF Graduate Research Fellow. In addition to math, I'm very passionate about education, particularly for incarcerated individuals and underrepresented groups. I'm also play drums in the Boston-based funk-rock jam band, Tailwind.
You can find my CV here.
Here are my publications and preprints in reverse chronological order.
Since 2018, I have been involved with the MIT Math Department's Menezes Challenge PRIMES Circle program, first as a mentor and now as a coordinator. PRIMES Circle is a free math enrichment program for local high school students who are from backgrounds that are underrepresented in mathematics. Students are matched with an MIT undergraduate mentor, and together they engage in the mathematical process by learning, speaking, and writing about a math topic that is not typically covered in high school.
If you or someone you know seems like a good candidate for PRIMES Circle, please see here for more information.
Since its inception in 2018, I have been a member of the MIT Math Department's Diversity and Community Building Committee, a team of faculty, staff, graduate students, and undergraduates dedicated to making the Math Department more welcoming, inclusive, and engaging.
Through TEJI, I have been a teaching assistant and discussion facilitator for several philosopy courses with "mixed classrooms" (meaning some of the students are incarcerated and others are Harvard/MIT students). In particular, I have helped teach Nonviolence as a Way of Life and Philosophy of Love, both of which are parts of Dr. Lee Perlman's "Philosophical Life Skills" program. This Nonviolence as a Way of Life course is featured in the New England Emmy Award-winning documentary below, in which I make an appearance!
In 2021, I helped start TEJI's Computer Education Committee, a team of MIT graduate students and instructors dedicated to providing quality digitial literacy and computer science education to incarcerated people. With Martin Nisser (a member of this group), I co-launched Brave Behind Bars (BBB), an introductory computer education and career-readiness program for incarcerated women.
Taught both online and in-person, the Summer '21 BBB pilot cohort brought together 25 women from four correctional facilities across New England. In Summer '22, we expanded our program to include 40 men and women from six correctional facilities, and our 2023 program has grown to support 55 incarcerated men and women from across the eastern United States. Together, our students develop skills in digital literacy, web design, and career-readiness, building websites to help address some of society's most pressing issues. Our work with the DC Jail during the Summer '22 cohort was featured in the Washington Post, and our Summer '23 cohort was featured by NBC.
I love making websites! I have experience building websites from scratch, from Bootstrap templates, and using Squarespace. Below are some samples of websites I have worked on. Feel free to email me if you are interested in having me build a website for you or your organization.