Name: Jeffrey Ho

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Computer Science

Minor: Business

Short Bio: I am an incoming 4th year at UCSD, and I enjoy playing video games, going on hikes, and collecting pictures of yellow balloons! I am currently still exploring my interest in Computer Science, but I am mainly interested in Software Architecture, Computer Security, and Game Design.

Name: Ami Patel

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Business Economics

Short Bio: I am a rising junior at UC San Diego majoring in Business Economics. I am most interested in business development and product management. In my free time, I enjoy hiking and exploring nature, getting boba with my friends, and watching sunsets.

Name: Phillip Tan

School:  University of California, San Diego

Major: Joint Math-Economics

Minor: Chinese Studies

Short Bio: I am a rising third-year at UCSD originally from West Covina, CA! I am the president of the Undergraduate Economic Society, and also a member of the Delta Sigma Pi professional business fraternity. During my spare time, I enjoy playing basketball, playing guitar, and going on runs.

Name: Joe Gandini

School: UC San Diego, Rady School of Management

Major: Masters in Business Administration

Short Bio: I am an incoming second year full-time MBA student at the Rady School of Management. When I am not studying, I like to read a lot, watch shows and anime, play video games, workout and keep up with Apple and Coldplay fandoms. I aspire to work at Apple one day in some sort of management capacity.

Name: Avery Blas

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Cognitive Science Specialization in Design & Interaction

Short Bio: I’m a fourth year undergraduate student and am interested in UI/UX design, research, and project managing. When I have the time, I enjoy exploring new food places and outdoor activities like zip lining.

Name: Danny Nguyen

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Computer Science

Short Bio: I am an incoming third year at UCSD originally from LA. I love working out, putting together cool outfits and trying new foods. I plan on pursuing a career in product or project management in the future, hoping to help create the next big thing.

Name: Duan-Han Van

School: University of California, San Diego

Majors: Economics, Biochemistry/Chemistry

Minor: Business

Short Bio: I am a rising fourth year student at UCSD and an aspiring entrepreneur and leader. In my social groups, I’m well known for being competitive, resourceful, and having an outside of the box mentality. I enjoy hosting cooking get-togethers, lion dance, and have been practicing martial arts for over a decade.

Name: Daniel Roji

School: University of California, Los Angeles

Major: Computer Science

Short Bio: I’m an incoming 3rd year student with a love of trying new things. For my future, I plan on having my career and interests continue to grow alongside each other. Wherever that leads I’m sure I’ll enjoy it.

Name: Roger Thavixay

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Cognitive Science w/ Specialization in Machine Learning and Neural Computation

Short Bio: I am a transfer student who enjoys playing basketball, hiking, grabbing boba with friends, and eating Korean BBQ.

Name: William Chung

School: University of California, San Diego

Major:  Computer Science

Minor: Mathematics

Short Bio: I am an incoming third year who enjoys cooking, exploring, and learning, and who aspires to work in the technology industry.

Name: Kevin An

School: University of California, San Diego

Major(s): Math - Computer Science

Minor: Management Science

Short Bio: I am incoming fourth year student. In my spare time, I enjoy both playing and watching soccer, baseball (Padres!), and all kinds of sports. I also love playing games such as league, and switch games! I look forward to working in the tech industry in the future.

Name: Eugina Palen

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Computer Science

Minor: Design

Short Bio: I'm an incoming fourth year with a passion for design and good food. I am currently running a small business for album orders, and I love collecting cute items.

Name: Vincent Manluctao

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Math Applied Computer Science

Short Bio: I'm an incoming 4th year student, I worked as a Barista at Starbucks for two years after finishing high school. Now I work as a sushi chef at a local restaurant in La Jolla. In my free time I enjoy creating video games, and working on AI to play video games.

Name: Clarissa Gutierrez

School: University of California, San Diego

Major(s): Mathematics-Computer Science

Short Bio: I am a transfer student who is interested in technology and teaching. In my spare time, I like to play sports and spend time with my family and friends.

Name: Gabrielle Hourany

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Computer Engineering

Minor: Philosophy

Short Bio: I am an incoming fourth year studying Computer Engineering with a minor in Philosophy, and hope to eventually work as a software engineer on impactful and engaging projects. I speak fluent French and enjoy baking, painting, traveling, and discovering new foods. 

Name: Franklin Le

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Cognitive Science w/ specialization in Machine Learning & Neural Computation

Minor: Computer Science

Short Bio: I am a junior at UCSD interested in learning more about machine learning and AI. I enjoy hanging out with friends, working out, playing basketball, and exploring new areas/hobbies. In the future, I aspire to become a software developer.

Name: Christian Lee

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Computer Science

Minor: Business

Short Bio: I am an incoming third year student studying computer science. I enjoy hanging out with friends, playing games, volleyball, and basketball. I am currently not too sure what my future will look like so I am just hoping to learn a lot.

Name: Eric Chen

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Computer Science

Short Bio: I am an incoming second year at UCSD studying Computer Science. I have an interest in video games and A.I. In my free time I like to create digital art and play video games.

Name: Amy Hardy

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Cognitive Science with specialization in Machine Learning and Neural Computation

Minor: Mathematics

Short Bio: I am an upcoming fourth year student, studying Cognitive Science. I grew up in San Clemente, CA. I love going on hikes, playing golf (badly), traveling to new places, eating good food and hanging out with my dog, Reggie. I am hoping to learn more about software development during this program and ultimately find a career in data science or machine learning.

Name: Christian Velasquez

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Computer Engineering

Short Bio: I’m a rising 3rd year Computer Engineering student originally from Los Angeles,CA. I enjoy being outdoors and stepping away from my studies whenever time allows! Some of my hobbies include playing volleyball for the UCSD Club team, working out, and exploring San Diego with my buddies! I aspire to one day work in the tech industry, contributing to projects that aim to improve people’s lives through computing.

Name: Tony Guan

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Computer Science

Short Bio:  I am an incoming fourth year at UCSD studying Computer Science. I am interested in becoming a software developer in the near future. During my free time, I like to play video games or hang out with friends.

Name: Mariana Villena

School: University of California, San Diego

Major(s): Mathematics-Computer Science and Economics

Short Bio: I am an incoming third year at UC San Diego. In my free time I like to hang out with my friends and play the guitar.

Name: Vivian Kwan

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Undeclared, Intended Computer Science

Short Bio: I am an incoming freshman at UC San Diego, originally from Millbrae, California. I am interested in game development and machine learning. In my free time, I enjoy playing video games and playing volleyball.

Name: Subash Katel

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Computer Science with Specialization in Machine Learning

Minor: Business

Short Bio: I am an incoming transfer student at UC San Diego, originally for Orange County. I am interested in the aspect between machine learning and the human brain and how ML is similar or different from human learning. I’m a former founder and president of the SASE Chapter (Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers) at Saddleback College. I like playing video games, photography,  going for hikes and traveling in my free time.

Name: Isaiah Gama

School: University of California, Santa Barbara

Major: Computer Science

Short Bio: I am a rising third year at UC Santa Barbara, originally from San Jose, CA. I am currently involved with the Data Science Club and SB Hacks clubs on campus. I am also a music producer and like to play local gigs in the SB area with my friends!

Name: Alice Lu

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Data Science

Minor: Economics

Short Bio:  I am a rising fourth year at UC San Diego, originally from Los Angeles. I am interested in leveraging data to drive decision making. I aspire to be a data scientist with a focus on machine learning. During my free time, I enjoy cooking with my family and exploring SD with friends!

Name: Jason Liang

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Computer Engineering

Short Bio: I’m an incoming second-year student at UCSD. I aspire to work with both software and hardware technologies in the future, likely in embedded systems or computer architecture. In my spare time, I like to work out, listen to music, read, and watch Netflix and sports.

Name: Ajay Booter

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Computer Engineering

Short Bio: I’m currently in my fourth and final year here at UCSD. In my spare time, I enjoy rock climbing, reading, and playing video games.

Name: Jill Su

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Computer Science

Short Bio: I’m an incoming fourth-year student at UCSD and aspire to be a software engineer. I enjoy working out, listening to music, cooking, and playing video games with friends in my downtime.

Name: Daman Heer

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Cognitive Science

Minor: Data Science

Short Bio: I’m a rising fourth-year student-athlete at UCSD with a passion for software development. In the future I aspire to work at the intersection of data, product, and design.

Name: Karl Hernandez

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Computer Engineering

Short Bio: I’m a rising second-year student with hopes to become a software engineer in the future. In my freetime, I love going surfing, hiking and I occasionally play video games with friends!

Name: Nicholas Hale

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Cognitive Science

Minor: Computer Science

Short Bio: I’m a rising third-year student at UCSD. I have a great interest in delving into the field of machine learning and artificial intelligence. I enjoy doing archery, reading, and playing games with friends in my spare time.

Name: Jocelyn Acuña

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Cognitive Science with Specialization in Design and Interaction

Short Bio:  I am a 4th year from Sixth College interested in UI/UX design, game design, and music. I enjoy playing guitar, spending a day at the beach, and playing video games with friends.

Name: Alex Nguyen

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Computer Engineering

Short Bio: I'm a rising 3rd year undergraduate from Eleanor Roosevelt College who has an interest in full stack development. I don't quite know what suits me the best but I hope to widen my range of skills in order to find that. I like to play video games and hang out with friends and go out to eat in my free time.

Name: Jonathan Smith

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Cognitive Science with Specialization in Design and Interaction

Short Bio: I am a 3rd year undergraduate in Warren College with a passion for UX design and back end programming. I also enjoy cooking as well as catching up on my favorite anime.

Name: Dylan Barva

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Computer Science

Short Bio: I’m a 2nd year undergraduate in Warren College interested in exploring different areas of software development and creating functional software to solve various problems. In my free time I enjoy reading webnovels and playing story-based video games.

Name: Ravi Tapia

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Computer Science

Short Bio: I am a 3rd year from Sixth College that is interested in front end development, VR/AR technology, and game development. I enjoy playing video games with friends and family, dancing, and working out!

Name: Peter Liu

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Computer Science

Short Bio: I’m a Full Stack Developer and Electronic Musician on the side. In my free time, I enjoy gaming, exploring avenues of game design, and experimenting with sound synthesis. I look towards creative aspects for inspiration but remain grounded on technical implementation. 

Currently working on fun projects for fantastic people (.io games, discord bots, web app design). Loving what you do is the key to making anything feel like O(1) time.

Name: Yufei Zhang

School: Westview High School

Major(s): Computer Science

Short Bio: I am a rising high school senior from San Diego, CA interested in software development and artificial intelligence. I'm also a die-hard adrenaline junkie – I love rock climbing, trail running, and anything else that will get my heart racing.

Name: Julie Hang

School: University of California, San Diego

Major(s): Math-Computer Science

Short Bio: I’m a transfer student and upcoming fourth-year at UCSD. I’m interested in software engineering and want to learn more about front-end. Some hobbies that I like to do in my free time are watching anime, kdramas, reading books and going on spontaneous trips and taking pictures of my friends.

Name: Hoang Nguyen

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Computer Science

Short Bio: I am an incoming fourth year at UCSD specializing in both back-end and front-end development. During my free time I love to watch movies and sleep.

Name: Jonathan Lo

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Data Science

Minor: Cognitive Science

Short Bio: I am an incoming second year at UCSD and am interested in Data Analytics. I enjoy swimming, reading LNs, and playing video games with friends in my free time.

Name: Kyle Batalla

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Computer Science

Short Bio: Transfer student approaching final year at UCSD. Interested in software engineering and full-stack development. I am passionate about technology and how we can bridge the gap between software and people in solving our day to day problems. Other hobbies include basketball, fitness, djing, playing the guitar, and video games.

Name: Khanh Pham

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Computer Engineering

Short Bio: I am a senior student at UCSD. I am interested in becoming a software engineer. My focus is to develop web/apps with ML and AI and embedded systems. In my free time, I would like to eat out, play soccer and ping-pong.

Name: Anisha Atwal

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Computer Science

Minor: Design

Short Bio: I am a third year at UCSD and have lived in Orange County, California my whole life. On campus, I am the Webmaster for Sigma Kappa, the Tech Chair for SangamSD, and a CSE Tutor. In my free time I love to cook, go on hikes, go on road trips, watch movies, and watch the sunset.

Name: Kunal Arora

School: University of California, San Diego

Major(s): Mathematics and Computer Science

Short Bio: I’m an incoming junior at UC San Diego (shock em, tritons!). I’m experienced in fullstack web development. I love creating useful products and hence attending hackathons. I believe that blockchain, dapps, and cryptocurrencies are the most crucial problems we need to work on this decade. Aside from this, I love riding and racing my bike with the UCSD cycling team.

Name: Henry Luu

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Data Science

Short Bio: My name is Henry Luu and I am a UCSD PATHS Scholar. On campus I am a part of ACM as a PR Manager, and a dancer on the Alter Ego dance team. Other than eating, I enjoy hiking, cooking, and skateboarding!

Name: Jessica Arambulo

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Computer Science

Short Bio: I am an upcoming fourth year at the University of California, San Diego majoring in Computer Science. I hope to have a career in software development/engineering in the future. I am really into clothing, shoes, music (specifically R&B), and recently got into anime.

Name: Dorine Ernst

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Mathematics Applied Sciences

Short Bio: My name is Dorine, my friends usually call me Dori for short. I was born and raised in Indonesia. I am a part of Undergraduate Research at UCSD and I am a TRELS Scholars! I love traveling, learning different cultures, and trying different food.

Name: Grant Duntugan

School: University of California, San Diego

Major(s): Math - Computer Science

Short Bio: I'm an incoming third year student. I love to create different things that other people can use, so software development and programming is a natural hobby of mine! On the side, I like to play video games, listen to music, and dance to choreography.

Name: Nil Beserler

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Cognitive Science major planning to specialize in Machine Learning and Neural Computation

Minor: Interdisciplinary Computation and Arts

Short Bio: Second-year college student who just moved to the United States. Passionate about arts and technology. Aiming to develop new skills and experience through this internship.

Name: Matthew Chanthirat

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Computer Science

Short Bio: I have lived my whole life in various parts of San Diego, mainly southeast. I am currently an upcoming 4th year, excited about what is to come in future years. In my free time, or procrastination time, I enjoy window shopping online.

Name: Eric Wang

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Data Science

Minor: Supply Chain Management Minor

Short Bio: University student figuring out their place in life. Interested in data analytics and exploring research topics, hopefully in a formal setting soon! Enjoys bouldering, reading webtoons, and playing video games with friends in free time.

Name: Anna Liu

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Data Science

Short Bio: I’m a Data Science major hoping to pursue a career in the tech field either as a Data Scientist or Software Engineer. In my free time, I enjoy playing badminton, exploring eateries, and hanging out with friends!

Name: Akil Rajendra

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Computer Science

Minor: Mathematics

Short Bio: I'm currently an incoming Sophomore at UCSD who wants to be a back-end software engineer. I want to use my passion for computer science and mathematics to work on artificial intelligence and machine learning. In my free time, I'm either playing video games, watching youtube, or working on my own personal projects.

Name: Crisostomo Chan

School: University of California, San Diego

Major(s): Mathematics-Computer Science

Short Bio: I am an upcoming senior student who grew up as an engineer and developed a passion for programming. I love finding creative solutions and working in a team, and I am seeking a career in Backend/Full-stack Software Development. In my free time, I am a serial hobbyist. I am an avid long-time Dungeons and Dragons Game Master. I play all sorts of video games ranging from but not exclusive to MOBAs, MMOs, RPGs, Fighting Games, and Roguelikes. I Iove playing guitar and I've recently gotten into the kalimba and melodica. I am also a rabid consumer of all too many movies, tv shows, Fantasy/Sci-Fi novels, mangas/manhuas/manhwas, web novels, and history. Lastly, I am a big foodie/cook and I am very interested in learning new languages, I am currently only fluent in English/Tagalog/Spanish but I plan on becoming fluent in Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, and French!

Name: Jenny Nguyen

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Computer Science

Minor: Business

Short Bio: I am an incoming third year at UC San Diego. I am interested in being a project manager or a software developer in the future. In my free time, I like to spend time with my family and play video games with my friends.

Name: Alexandra Andreiu

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Cognitive Science w/Specialization in Design and Interaction

Minor(s): Global Health and Business

Short Bio: I am a recent graduate of UCSD who is interested in the intersection of design, technology, and healthcare. On campus, I was involved with the Design Lab, where I worked as a clinical research assistant on a project concerned with identifying implicit bias in physicians. In September, I will be attending Northwestern University to pursue an MS in Engineering Design Innovation in hopes of eventually pursuing a career in User Experience Research.

Being from Seattle, I am a big fan of all types of coffee and I enjoy spending time outdoors running. I have run 6 half marathons and am training to run the full 26.2 miles in November!

Name: Ryan Nakashima - not the AP writer!

School: University of California, San Diego

Major: Cognitive Science w/Specialization in Neuroscience; Management Science Minor

Job: Research Services Manager of the Research Data Services division of the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego

Short Bio: Father of two great girls. Husband to one great wife. Worked with many great people to make video games. Now working with a great research computing and storage team to help great researchers do great things.