Experience

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  The royal conservatory of music

  Sept 2016 - May 2022

  Cellist at the phil and eli taylor performance academy for young artists

  Phil and Eli Taylor Performance Academy for Young Artists is a program that provides intense and well-rounded musical training for advanced young classical musicians with unique access to performance opportunities.

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  Toronto symphony orchestra

  Sept 2018 - Jun 2022

  Cellist at the toronto symphony youth orchestra

  Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra is a high-level orchestral training program for musicians under the age of 25. Appointed the Co-Principal cellist for seasons 2020-2021 and 2021-2022. Performed side-by-side with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra for multiple seasons at the Roy Thomson Hall. Trained under the baton of notable conductors including Sir Andrew Davis, Simon Rivard, and Gustavo Gimeno.

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  Everychildnow

  Jul 2020 - Aug 2020

  Teen fellowship 2020

  2020 Teen Fellowship Program was created for students interested in making social and community impacts. Started to build a project that focuses on issues such as poverty, health care, education, shelter, water and food for children around the world. Participated in lectures and workshops to develop skills related to leadership, public speaking, marketing, organization, outreach and external relations. Completed assignments that targets the areas discussed in lectures and workshops to enhance skills. Show less

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  Eye hope canada

  Aug 2020 - now

  • Events Coordinator

    Aug 2021 - now

  • Communications Coordinator

    Aug 2020 - now
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  Uplift ontario

  Aug 2020 - Jun 2022

  Communications and outreach committee executive

  The Ontario Uplift Initiative is an organization that strives to improve homeless people's quality of life. We believe that the homeless face a variety of challenges that have been made worse by the Coronavirus Pandemic. It is vital that passionate youth work with the Ontario government, homeless shelters, and other organizations to support the homeless

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  Stem fellowship

  Oct 2020 - Jun 2022

  Content creator in the academics career and education team

  Creating and presenting STEM-related content, and writing STEM-related articles on the STEM Fellowship website. Providing educational videos for students and audiences interested in STEM.

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  National youth orchestra of canada

  Mar 2021 - now

  Cellist

  Accepted and performed as one of the youngest cellist of the National Youth Orchestra of Canada. Toured under the baton of maestro Sascha Goetzel for the Metamorphosis (2021), Borealis (2022), and Aurora (2023) Tour which spanned primarily in the east coast of Canada. Trained with the NYO summer training institute for 5-weeks for orchestral studies and chamber with notable coaches such as David Hetherington, Jasmine Lin, Deborah Pae, Bryan Epperson, Joe Johnson, David Harding, and Neal Gripp.

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  Shad canada

  Jul 2021 - now

  Was a member of Shad Canada's McMaster branch, which is a STEAM and entrepreneurship program for high school students. Placed 1st place for the overall project quality of the group presentation by the end of the program.

  • SHAD Ambassador

    Aug 2021 - now

  • SHAD Fellow McMaster '21

    Jul 2021 - Jul 2021
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  Branksome hall

  Sept 2021 - Jun 2022

  Executive director of orchestra
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  Oneul zine

  Jun 2022 - Jan 2023

  Project director
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  University of toronto

  Sept 2022 - now

  Research intern at bader lab

  Research Assistant responsible for annotating electron microscope images and generating ground truths at Dr. Gary Bader's Lab for the Human Liver Cell Atlas Project, located in the Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research. Worked in collaboration with Dr. Sonya Macparland from the Macparland Lab at the Toronto General Hospital’s Soham & Shaila Ajmera Family Transplant Centre, as well as Dr. Mei Zhen from Mt. Sinai Hospital's Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute.

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  The strand

  Oct 2022 - now

  Associate science editor

  Responsible for overseeing The Strand submissions pertaining to the Science category, editing every article prior to its publication whether that be for the magazine launch or college's monthly newspaper, generate pitch ideas for every issue, and occasionally write articles for The Strand projects.

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  Victoria university students' administrative council (vusac)

  May 2023 - Apr 2024

  Office manager

  Responsible for taking minutes of each VUSAC meeting and organizing them for the use of all VUSAC members and the greater Victoria College community. In addition to finalizing and distributing minute drafts, supervised the management of the VUSAC office including decor, layout, stock, and services.

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  Lunenfeld-tanenbaum research institute, sinai health

  Aug 2023 - now

  Currently identifying genetic mechanisms that translate environmental effects into neuronal remodelling by studying the requirement and functional site of a transcription factor that functions downstream of the insulin signalling during C.elegans dauer entry and exit. Studied the neuronal development by automated electron microscopy under the supervision of Dr. Mei Zhen's Lab at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute. Computationally analyzed volumetric changes of C. elegans to study fundamental principles that govern circuit assembly and functions.

  • Summer Research Intern at Zhen Lab

    Apr 2024 - now

  • Research Student at Zhen Lab

    Aug 2023 - now