About

I was born and raised in Illinois; my hometown is Palatine, a suburb about 25 miles northwest of downtown Chicago. I am an incoming J.D. candidate at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. My aspiration is to become a union-side labor attorney.

I received my bachelor's degrees in mathematics and computer science from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2025. My academic interests were in theory and logic, but I spent most of my undergraduate career involved in the practice and research of pedagogy. I was active in UC Berkeley's rich undergraduate computer science teaching community, serving as a teaching assistant for five semesters and as President of Computer Science Mentors, UC Berkeley's largest teaching-focused student organization. Currently, I am serving as a head teaching assistant for CS 61A, Berkeley's introductory computer science course for majors. Like most in the department, I strongly believe in improving the quality of instruction by raising staffing levels and working conditions for academic workers; as an undergraduate, I was a member and head steward of UAW 4811, the union of student and academic workers at UC. I have also worked as a staff organizer for the international union, UAW.

I have written and edited the news for The Daily Californian, the independent, student-run newspaper of record for the city of Berkeley. When I can find the time, some of my favorite activities include photography, going to Cal games, doing the New York Times crossword, and contributing to Wikimedia Commons, English Wikipedia, and other free culture projects.

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