I am currently a freshman at Carnegie Mellon University studying Mathematics with a concentration in Operations Research and Statistics. I hope to double major in Machine Learning and Statistics with a minor in Computer Science. I got interested in mathematics through competing in my high school math team where I received awards and honors at the regional, state, and national levels at competitions such as Mu Alpha Theta, AMC, AIME, and various other competitions. Through this team I also gained and improved my skills in solving challenging problems, collaboration, communication, and leadership. I enjoy solving challenging problems and searching for multiple different solutions to each problem. I have learned how to apply my knowledge in creative ways to help me get to the final solution. In math competitions, I have also collaborated with other students in team rounds. I am a great communicator to get my ideas across but also listen to other people's suggestions and ideas so we can put them together to solve the problem in the fastest time possible. I also have to be able to communicate and understand these topics as a student teacher where my students eventually went and won awards and honors themselves. Throughout high school, I was interested in applications of mathematics and computer science came across me. I started taking coding courses and found them enjoyable and really similar to mathematics as there are multiple ways to code a solution to a problem. I attended a Cornell Summer Program where I took a course on Introduction to Python and Computer Science in the Arts courses. Over quarantine, I wanted to explore and gain experience in Machine Learning and App Development so I enrolled in boot camps taught by an MIT alum over this past summer and developed projects. Currently, I am a part of a small internship to create an app for Teach Different that can operate offline. Overall, I am interested in data science, machine learning, and data analysis related opportunities!