Northwestern University

selected coursework

performing arts
  • the Art of Storytelling
  • Design Process: Lighting
  • Dramaturgy
  • Jewishness in Performance
  • Musical Theatre Techniques
  • Love & Revenge in Shakespeare’s Contemporaries
  • Stage Management I
non-computer sciences
  • Accelerated General Chemistry I & II
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Genetics & Molecular Biology
  • Psychopathology
computer science & human-centered design
  • Fundamentals of Computer Programming I & II
  • Computer Systems I
  • Designing Your Life
  • Human-Centered Product Design
  • AI for Hybrid & Participatory Narratives
  • UX Design

awards & achievements

  • 2019 Spring: selected as a member of the undergraduate cohort representing Northwestern at the Prague Quadrennial.
  • 2020 Winter: selected as a member of the cohort of students for the Global Media & Communications seminar, which would have featured a week-long trip to London with guest lectures from the London School of Economics.
    The capstone trip did not happen due to the COVID-19 pandemic that began in February/March 2020.

credits

  • Barbara Butts for making sure I didn’t quit theatre.
  • Gabrielle Strong for being an incredible lighting design mentor.
  • Sara Sood for demonstrating you don’t have to be a cishet white man to succeed in CompSci.
  • Dean Lori D. Barcliff Baptista for being there for me at the lowest point in my undergraduate career
  • most definitely NOT John Haas – my academic advisor – who did nothing but oppose my growth at Northwestern and misrepresent the industry. I hope you grow as a person and do better for future Northwestern students.

Lyman High School Institute for Engineering

selected coursework

First Year
– AP Human Geography 5/5
– Engineering Design & Development
Third Year
– AP Computer Science 5/5
– AP European History 4/5
– AP Macroeconomics 5/5
– AP Microeconomics 4/5
– AP Physics C: Mechanics 4/5
– AP U.S. History 5/5
– AP U.S. Government 5/5
Second Year
– AP Chemistry 3/5
– AP Calculus BC 4/5 (AB: 4/5)
– AP English Language 5/5
– AP World History 4/5
– 3D Modeling & Simulation
– Electrical Engineering I
Fourth Year
– AP Art History 4/5
– AP Biology 5/5
– AP English Literature 5/5
– AP Environmental Science 5/5
– AP Psychology 5/5
– AP Statistics 5/5
– AP Studio Art 2D 5/5

awards & achievements

  • Young Artist of Distinction, Mennelo Museum of American Art, 2017
  • President’s List Thespian, International Thespian Society Troupe 2329, 2017
  • International Thespian, International Thespian Society Troupe 2329, 2017
  • Best-In-Show Publicity Design, Florida State Thespian Festival, 2017
  • Critic’s Choice Technical Event, District 3 Thespian Festival, 2016
  • Best-In-Show Publicity Design, District 3 Thespian Festival, 2016
  • Critic’s Choice Technical Event, District 3 Thespian Festival, 2016
  • Best-In-Show Publicity Design, District 3 Thespian Festival, 2016
  • Best Prompt Book, District 3 Thespian Festival, 2016
  • QuestBridge College Match Scholar Finalist, 2016 National Merit Scholar Semifinalist, 2016
  • AP National Scholar, 2016 – 2017
  • QuestBridge College Prep Scholar, 2016
  • Fein Fellow Award for Jewish Students, 2016
  • Best-In-Show Publicity Design at the Florida State Thespian Festival, 2016
  • AP Scholar with Distinction, 2015