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
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.