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Anova

I’m a California native from the Silicon Valley in the Life Sciences and Management dual-degree program between the College and Wharton. On campus, I’m involved in 180 Degrees Consulting, the Student Federal Credit Union, and the Penn Undergraduate Biotech Society. Additionally, I’m working with a professor in London on Health Economics Research. In my free time, I love exploring restaurants (ask me for my color-coded restaurant week spreadsheet), painting, traveling, and most of all taking a nap outside on College Green.

Anova | February 7, 2018
So I’ll be the first to admit, my favorite part of the super bowl is the food and the ads. Naturally, I was excited when my friend said he had already bought food and was having a showing party ...
Anova | January 23, 2018
With many mathematicians in my family, my childhood rebellion took the form of a rejection of any interest in the field in favor of biology and chemistry – admittedly not much of a rebellion! Th...
Anova | September 27, 2017
There’s many students from the west coast at Penn. In fact, after Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey, the state sending the greatest number of students to this institution is California. How...
Anova | September 15, 2017
The first time I was genuinely enthralled by a scientific concept was when I was just about 5 years old. I used to frequent a museum as a child that allowed visitors to insert jellyfish genes into...
Anova | August 27, 2017
During my junior year of high school, I visited many colleges through my great touring quests and found myself consistently asking my guides about potentially going abroad in college. Perhaps this...
Anova | August 24, 2017
Upperclassmen told me it might happen, but I was sure the same wouldn’t happen to me. I don’t know if there’s a term to describe it, but to me it’s a kind of homesickness. For around 1500 ...