Why Choose Us
National Awards
Collectively, we’ve received awards amounting to over $1 million from prestigious government, academic, and private institutions including:
Fulbright Fellowship
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Ford Foundation Fellowship
GEM Fellowship
Phi Beta Kappa
Tau Beta Pi
College Admissions Acceptances
For undergrad, we’ve been accepted to:
Graduate School Acceptances
For grad school, we’ve been accepted to:
As scholars, our degrees span:
Our publications span:
The Journal of Chemistry Education
Urban Education
Thesis in Equity in Post-Secondary Education
Award-winning thesis in Ethnic Studies, Jewish Studies, and Performance Studies
Public Policy Laboratories in Latin America (policy brief)
One-on-one:
Oral communications tutoring
College admissions mentoring
College freshman transition mentoring
College-level science research mentorship
As teachers, co-teachers, and teaching assistants, we’ve taught courses on:
Reflection and authenticity using trauma-informed, transpersonal, and family systems psychology
Contemplative and ecological styles of leadership
As individuals, we have:
Served as campaign manager, engineer, and volunteer coordinator for a congressional race in Los Angeles
Offered grounded and empathic presence; heartful prompting and reflection; and prayer-song to hundreds of patients in hospice care
Facilitated natural disaster relief for islands in the Caribbean and Indonesia, which helped rebuild schools and infrastructure
Organized leadership conferences for youth to support education, health, and career development in New Jersey
Implemented research-based interventions in elementary school classrooms and promote healthy academic behaviors with Bay Area community partners
Started a philanthropic non-profit organization to support high school students pursuing fine arts degrees in college
Worked as a liaison between college professors and low-income Bay Area schools to organize and train student volunteers
Founded a step dance team in high school to platform Black culture and address racial suppression during the first Trump administration
Reactivated a local club affiliated with Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. to increase access to community service, such as American Cancer Society and American Heart Association walks and supporting the elderly in nursing homes
Served as a Dalai Lama Fellow to design and facilitate a college class on ecological styles of leadership
Inaugural member of a research initiative under the Vice Provost of Undergraduate Education at Stanford aimed at improving accessibility and equity in college education
Translated and interpreted between Mandarin and English at Taiwan’s first feminist bookstore
Collaborated with bay area city planning departments to analyze the effects of climate change on housing development
Presented academic speeches at Harvard University, the American Association of Colleges & Universities, the United Nations’ 67th Convention on the Status of Women
Published a poetry collection for a wrongly convicted, incarcerated artist on death row in California
Founded a legal aid organization to support artists navigating the carceral system