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In 20 words or less, what is the best thing about being part of this department?
The intimacy and connection on a personal level!

What is your biggest piece of advice to first years and sophomores about getting connected to this department?
Take a lot of classes and participate in class, ask questions when you have them and do the readings. Go to office hours, talk to TAs. Be genuinely interested in it and the department will recognize that and reward you for it. Let your passion be seen!

What is something you know now that you wish you could tell your first-year self?
Your life has the capacity to be much more malleable than you may think.

What is the most valuable thing you’ve learned at K?
If you are genuinely enthusiastic about something and you show it to people, they will reciprocate if they are interested. If they’re not, that’s ok! Be passionate in your approach to life and like-minded individuals will be inspired by it and express their own ideas as well.

What has been your favorite class at K? 
Biomedical Ethics with Dr. Cherem. The topics were interesting and practical, but the real best part are the conversations we have. Arguing your point is very fun and good practice for formulating opinions. Something Dr. Cherem is especially good at is helping students practice arguing for/against the status quo, and I had a lot of fun experimenting with my own beliefs through those class arguments and conversations.

How have you taken advantage of the flexible curriculum or experienced breadth?
I’ve taken a Documentary class which I loved, where I learned how to carefully and consciously articulate reality through an artistic medium.

What experiential education opportunities have you participated in?
I have engaged a good deal with Arcus Center. I went to the people’s march in January 2025 through Arcus which was really fun.

What is your SIP?
My SIP is a literature review and interviewing study of people’s experiences on the internet and how they perceive it as a physical space activating the same parts of their brains as actually being in physical space. I want to gather people’s experiences and meaning-making through the lens of a generation that has grown up online and through social media.

What are your career aspirations/next steps after K?
A lot of possibilities for me. I’m going to take off a few years before I consider graduate school, maybe do some substitute teaching to get some money while I pursue music and art in my free time.

What is a random fun fact about you?
I love music and play in a band called Nurse! We make extremely loud music, I sing and play bass. We utilize a lot of noise and feedback in our songwriting and performance, it’s one of my favorite things to do and serves as a really good way to get what’s inside out.