Richmond, BC July 2026

Physics & Science

Running the school’s Senior Physics Olympiad club, opening up competitions it had never entered, and sitting the written contests — often as the only student in the year group doing so.

Senior Physics Olympics Club

President · Grades 10–12 Competition Access RC Palmer Secondary

Organised and expanded participation opportunities for the school at local, regional and national competitions, contributing to top 10–20 placements across several of them.

KPU Senior Science Challenge UBC Physics Olympics Sir Isaac Newton Exam
2025–26 result UBC Physics Olympics 20th of ~85 provincial teams · 1st in Richmond

Ranked 20th overall across the province from roughly 85 teams, and 1st in Richmond — a first for the school on record.

Cratering Lab — 9th Quizzics — 15th Pole Climber — 16th
Team lead KPU Senior Science Challenge Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Led the senior team this year, having competed on the junior team the year before.

Upcoming CanSat Canada Competition 2026–27

Preparing to compete in the CanSat Canada Competition 2026–27.

Quantum School for Young Students

QSYS ’25 Institute for Quantum Computing University of Waterloo

A week-long online summer programme hosted by the Institute for Quantum Computing at Waterloo, where selected high schoolers take part in lectures and discussions covering linear algebra and topics within quantum mechanics.

Several members of the muon communication research group were met here and at SHAD.

Palmer Robotics Club

Co-President · 2 years Palmer Robotics Club Longest-running VEX-based club in the district

Joined in Grade 8 with no experience; now Co-President for two years of the longest-running VEX-based robotics club in the district.

The only female representative in the club. Hosts competitions and runs weekly robotics activities.

VEX Robotics Weekly sessions Hosts competitions
Funding $1,000 raised 10+ VEX kits queued for student use

Secured funding and raised $1,000 to support club activities, queuing over 10 VEX kits for student use despite limited school funding.

Hackathons

YVRHacks
Beginner Code Award

A group project building a website that turns blurry textbook text and online notes into quizzes and flashcards using OpenAI.

Scrapyard Vancouver
Deliberately useless

Developed an intentionally “useless” website manipulating alarms, buttons and volume.

Daydream Hackathon
Hack Club

Developed a game using light as a beacon to symbolically guide characters to hope.

NASA Space Hacks
Vancouver

Contributed to a Tamagotchi-style air quality warner.

Always Ready to Roll 🚀