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Teaching & Mentorship Experience

A closer look at the teaching, tutoring, and mentoring roles woven through my time at Stanford.

Teaching Experience

Mathematics Department Tutor at Stanford

September 2024 – June 2026

Provided advanced instruction in theoretical and applied mathematics through Stanford’s Mathematics Department. Guided students through rigorous explorations of vector space theory, multivariable analysis, and differential systems, with specialized focus on spectral and matrix theory, eigenvalue and singular value decomposition (SVD), dimensionality reduction, proof construction, and the analysis of linear operators and dynamical systems.

Mathematics Department Grader & Teaching Support Staff at Stanford

January 2025 – June 2026

Graded mathematical work involving Fourier analysis, ordinary differential equations, differential calculus, and integral calculus. Worked under Professors Lernik Asserian (Spr ’25), Christine Taylor (Win ’26), and Mark Lucianovic (Win ’25 & Spr ’26). Developed strong academic and working relationships with professors across the math department.

Mathematics & Computer Science Tutor at Stanford’s Center for Teaching & Learning

January 2024 – January 2026

Selected to provide individualized instruction in mathematics and computer science, guiding Stanford students through advanced quantitative coursework and developing their analytical reasoning, computational thinking, and independent problem-solving.

Teaching Assistant, CS227b: General Game Playing at Stanford Computer Science Department

March 2025 – June 2025

Assisted in teaching a graduate-level AI course on the design of autonomous agents capable of strategic reasoning in novel environments. Guided students in applying methods from automated reasoning, symbolic knowledge representation, adversarial and heuristic search, resource-bounded planning, and algorithmic game theory to develop general-purpose intelligence systems that learn and execute strategies from formal game descriptions.

Teaching Assistant, CS105 at Stanford Computer Science Department

September 2023 – January 2024

Served as an instructor for Stanford CS105, teaching Python and front-end development while mentoring students through technical projects and problem-solving. One of very few third-year undergraduate students selected by the Stanford Computer Science Department to serve as a teaching assistant.

Mentorship

September 2025 – June 2026

Graduate Mentor

Stanford Women in Mathematics Mentoring (SWIMM)

Selected to mentor Stanford undergraduates in advanced mathematics, quantitative research, graduate study, and career development through individual advising, panels, and community events.

September 2024 – June 2025

Mathematics Mentor

Stanford Undergraduate Mathematics Organization

Provided technical mentorship on navigating advanced curricula, identifying research specializations, and pursuing opportunities across quantitative fields.

January 2022 – January 2023

Outreach Mentor

Stanford Women in Computer Science (WiCS)

Worked to expand access to computer science education by providing volunteer programming instruction and technical mentorship to historically underrepresented communities.