WHERE DID YOU GROW UP? WHAT WAS YOUR PATH TO CAL?

I grew up in Albany, CA, so I haven't come very far from home
by attending Cal. I graduated as salutatorian from Albany High
School in spring 2006, and started at Cal that fall.

HOW MUCH PROGRAMMING HAVE YOU DONE (& WHAT LANGUAGES)?

I've programmed a fair amount. I've taken 7 CS classes, and the largest project
that I have worked on in class is the Nachos project in CS162. Outside of
class, I am part of the Clotho development team. Clotho is a set of software tools 
for synthetic biologists. My first language was BASIC, although I don't speak
it anymore. I am currently fluent in Java, C, C++, Python, Scheme, and Matlab.

WHAT ARE YOUR HOBBIES?

I enjoy running, classical piano, taekwondo, and origami.

WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR TALENTS & SKILLS?

I am fairly time efficient, and I solve problems quickly. 

HAVE YOU DONE ANYTHING REMARKABLE? HAS ANYTHING MEMORABLE HAPPENED TO YOU?

As part of summer research competition teams, I have won awards at iGEM
(the International Genetically Engineering Machines competition). In 2008,
I was part of the UC Berkeley wetlab team, and our team was one of six finalists
out of 84 teams. In 2009, I was on the UC Berkeley software team, and our team
shared the division award of Best Software Tool with University of Illinois team.

WHAT COMMITMENTS WILL BE CONSUMING YOUR CYCLES THIS SEMESTER?

I'll be graduating at the end of this semester, but I still need to pass
the last few major requirements to do so. Other than my classes, I would like
to visit any graduate schools where I've been accepted. Lastly, I will be job
hunting in the case that I am not accepted into any graduate schools...