Education
Coastline Community College – Honors List GPA: 4.0
Educational Experience
Orange County High School of the Arts - Santa Ana, CA 8/2019 -06/2025
Music Conservatory - Violin GPA: 4.625 SAT: 1600
Languages: English, Vietnamese, French
Senior Year Courses: AP Calculus BC, AP Biology, AP U.S. Government & Politics, AP Literature & Composition, AP Art & Design, Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Violin Master Class, & Careers/Jobs in the Music Industry
Academic Honors: AP Scholar with Distinction
President's Volunteer Service Award – Gold – 2023
White House Service Award Acknowledgment - 2023
Research
Astra Biomedical Group & Avida Biomed - Fremont, California
Project: Detection of methylation changes in tumor DNA plasma for early tumor diagnosis
I learned the process of identifying cancer markers for cancer using genetic engineering.
This project profoundly impacted my career path as dive further into scientific exploration.
Boston Leadership Institute - Olin College of Engineering
Participated in lecture/labs; participated in research
Scientific Skills/Training
Biology – Extracted DNA in my school’s biology lab
Chemistry – Titration, precipitation, and hypothetical labs
Physics – spring, kinematics, force, velocity, acceleration, and density
Environmental Science – owl pellet (fur, bone, feathers – indigestible matter from owl food or excrement)
Examined pellets to analyze owl ecosystems
Astra Medical – Centrifuge, pipetting, vortexing, and Qubit fluorescence for DNA binding
Boston Leadership Institute – DNA isolation/sequencing, PCR, bioinformatics, synthetic biology, gel electrophoresis, ELISA tests and bacteria cultures