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Middle School Debate tutoring (2023-2025)
I was involved in Debate Club throughout high school, and I started tutoring local middle schoolers in Lincoln-Douglas debate in 10th and 11th grade. In 12th grade, I was elected to be the Middle School Liaison, so I organized and ran monthly tutoring sessions for high school debate students to mentor middle schoolers.
Summer Springboard Computer Science course at Columbia University (July 2024)
Over the summer of 2024, I attended Summer Springboard @ Columbia Computer Science intensive for 2 weeks in north Manhattan, New York, on the campus of Columbia University. I learned from University professors how to code at a high level using Python, and implemented my learning with a series of class group projects.
Summer Springboard Coding & Web Design course at Cal Poly (June-July 2023)
Over the summer of 2023, I attended Summer Springboard @ Cal Poly’s Coding & Web Design course for 2 weeks in beautiful San Luis Obispo, California, on the campus of California Polytechnic State University. I learned about industry best practices for how to design a website with ease, practicality, and accessibility in mind, then implemented it by designing this website!
LD Debate camp at University of Minnesota (July 2023)
In the summer of 2023, I attended NSD’s summer Lincoln-Douglas Debate camp for 3 weeks at the University of Minnesota. I learned so much about new ways to debate, and took all this back to my school to teach other LD debaters. I had accomplished debaters as lab leaders, plus rotations of mentors and teachers as well as daily practice rounds. At the end, we had a huge camp-wide tournament, and we got to dye our lab leader’s hair pink!
BodyTek Weston HIIT gym (June 2022)
In the summer before 10th grade (2022) I got a job working at BodyTek Weston HIIT gym, gaining experience with sales, customer service, studio management, and IT. It was my first official job, and I was able to work there for 3 years, eventually becoming Studio Manager and CTO.
Etsy shop ‘KiraGizmos’ (July 2020)
I got my first 3D printer over the summer of 8th grade hoping to be able to print out a few fun toys for myself, and I started taking classes on how to 3D design and print objects. I got the comment “you could totally sell this!” enough so that I opened an Etsy shop that same summer!
I got a few orders at first, and keeping up with demand wasn’t difficult, but when the orders began to pile up I ran into various issues with mechanics, customer service, shipping, and more. I had to learn how to run my business, and over time I overcame these obstacles and was able to keep on growing.
I was able to outsource production, streamline shipping, build my own website, and rose to become a Star Seller on Etsy (top 5% of shops)!
Charity sewing project (2018)
In 5th grade I took sewing classes, and as part of the class we sewed colorful dresses (together, we made hundreds of them) to donate to third-world countries and to other little girls in need.
Lotus House volunteer project (December 2017)
On Christmas in 2017, I volunteered at Lotus House with my family for a few days- Lotus House helps homeless women and their children get a free temporary apartment, as well as helping them find work and enrolling their children in school. I led a kids’ crayon coloring table, and my family and I spent a day cleaning the vacant apartments that were almost done being built.
Acting work (July 2017)
I dabbled briefly in acting, including two roles in 2017 (I was 9), one as a lead actress in a Celebrity Cruiselines training video (left), and the other as a supporting actress in a student film at Full Sail University called Ultra Attachment! (right)
MeCoCity visionary project (2018-2019)
In 6th grade science class we were asked to design and build an eco-friendly model city, and I went above and beyond on this project. I named it MeCoCity, and is hypothetically located near Lake Okeechobee in Florida.
Among other things, the city uses heat from inside the Earth to warm the water, wind turbines and solar panels to power houses and buildings, a hydroponic greenhouse to provide fresh produce, a large recycling program, and even an efficient underground mailing system! I wrote an 8- page document on this futuristic city, scoring 108% on the project!
I put a lot of effort into envisioning, designing, and constructing a realistic model of this futuristic sustainable city. I really hope something like this can someday become commonplace, rather than the nasty, polluting cities of today!