Awards/Recognition
2024 Senior Math Challenge Gold Award
ranked top 6% in the UK and top 1% in the school.
7th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences & CPCI
My philosophy paper on Divine Protection and Natural Harm: Theological Interpretations and the Challenge of Assigning Responsibility was published on CPCI
2025 NEU Essay Competition Politics Category Finalist
Finalist for Politics Category: Digital technology is fundamentally changing politics. Discuss. Wrote about the impact specifically on international relations and neocolonialism
2025 Young Philosophers Conference
One of the five students representing Westminster School at the Conference. Presented a philosophy paper on “Cultural Syncretism: Neo-Confucianism Meets Protestantism in the Salvation of 'Fallen Women”
2023 Asia Pacific Public Speaking Championship
Best speaker in all three categories (Persuasive, Interpretive Reading, Impromptu) out of 100+ speakers.
2025 UVA Jefferson Book Prize
Received for being outstanding high school juniors or students in the next-to-graduating class who embrace creativity and innovation, and embody the spirit of discovery.
2025 Westminster History Academic Prize
Student in the year who got highest mark in history course 24-25
2023 New York Times Student Review Contest Winner
My New York Times Student Review Contest winner piece explored Balenciaga’s runway show staged in a muddy crater amid the Russia–Ukraine war, analysing how fashion can be weaponised to reflect cultural anxieties.​
2025 National History Day International First Place
In my first-place National History Day project, I analysed Mandela’s anti-apartheid struggle and saw institutions as palimpsests, carrying the legacies of past conflicts through a self-directed play.
38th Annual Stanford Invitational Original Oratory Category Bronze
Delivered a speech on labelling culture and its effect on society, ranking 3rd out of 120+ speakers globally.
Through the process, I became determined to challenge and reshape the pervasive culture of labelling in my community. “If not me, who? If not now, when?” By furthering my studies in history and sociology, I hope to combat the toxic labelling and generalization of human identity.