Anna Zhong

Experience

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  Wharton Global Youth Program

  Jun 2021 - Jul 2021

  Future of the Business World

  • Explored the future of business through a human-centered lens• Designed an alarm clock to wake users up in a pleasant way

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  AI4ALL

  Jun 2021 - Dec 2022

  • Built community among the Stanford University AI4ALL chapter by developing and hosting monthly events and meetups, focused on building relationships and continuing to learn about the AI space• Led events for 128 members of the alumni community • Official alumni community of Stanford AI4ALL • Implemented the fundamentals of AI on a computational biology project with a human-centered focus• Used artificial intelligence algorithms to create a tool to classify cancers based on the gene expression in DNA sequences• One of 32 participants selected from 400+ applicants

  • Stanford University AI4ALL Chapter Lead

    Dec 2021 - Dec 2022

  • Stanford AI4ALL Changemaker in AI

    Jul 2021 - Dec 2021

  • Stanford AI4ALL Summer Program

    Jun 2021 - Jul 2021
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  U.S. Figure Skating

  Jun 2021 - May 2023

  Lead Instructor, Figure Skating

  • Teaches ice skating for all levels through Pre-Free Skate• Leads classes of students ages 3 to adult• Certified U.S. Figure Skating instructor at Wake Competition Center

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  Green Level High School

  Aug 2021 - Jun 2022

  Co-Founder and Co-President, AI & Machine Learning Club

  • Founded the first opportunity at Green Level High School for students to learn about artificial intelligence• Grew to over 120 student members over one school year• Led meeting activities, school-wide competitions, and mini-lectures

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  Wharton Global Youth Program

  Jun 2022 - Jul 2022

  Essentials of Entrepreneurship

  • Designed a sensor stick and app that made it enjoyable and entertaining to take care of houseplants• Placed 1st out of 15 teams at the design fair• Learned human-centered product design and entrepreneurship from Professor Caputo and Professor Khandelwal

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  Duke University Pratt School of Engineering

  Jul 2022 - Jul 2022

  Duke Summer STEM Academy

  • Created a vibration-based piezoelectric wind energy harvesting device to solve the problem of a lack of affordable and accessible sustainable energy sources• Optimized piezoelectric sensor geometry to harvest electricity from the wind• One of 16 high school juniors and seniors selected for the program

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  Paper Reimagined

  Oct 2022 - now

  Founder & Creative Director

  • Paper Reimagined operates in 50+ high schools and universities nationwide• Organizes environmental-focused activities for 1500+ students across the United States• Recipient of the University of North Carolina Kimberly B. Mitchell Visionary Award

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  Climate Cardinals

  Mar 2023 - now

  • One of 10 serving on the executive team of the world's largest youth-led climate nonprofit• Leads the Ptera weekly email newsletter, the Climate Cardinals chapter program, and the Climate Cardinals ambassador program• Engaging 10,000+ volunteers from 80+ countries• Advisor for the Climate Cardinals AI/Tech team • Translated climate information for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Condé Nast, Yale Climate Connections, and more• Managed teams and partnerships across a group of ongoing climate & AI projects • One of 60 team members selected from 5,000+ applicants• Built a machine translation tool for climate information

  • Director of Climate Education

    Sept 2023 - now

  • Director of Artificial Intelligence

    Jul 2023 - Sept 2023

  • Deputy Director of Artificial Intelligence

    Mar 2023 - Jul 2023
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  UC Santa Barbara

  Jun 2023 - Aug 2023

  Research Mentorship Program (RMP)
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  Climate Words

  Nov 2023 - now

  • Education Engagement

    Apr 2024 - now

  • Social Media Creator

    Nov 2023 - now