Berkeley Highlights

I graduated UC Berkeley with a BA Honors in Psychology, minor in Disability Studies 

Education and the chance to be a contributing member of society was like a candy store with me on the outside looking longingly in. Access to higher education for individuals like me is hard-won and I have absolutely throughly enjoyed and just savored my undergraduate years at UC Berkeley and all the opportunities it has opened up. THANK YOU BERKELEY for the most amazing and nurturing undergrad experience. 

At UC Berkeley: 

• Academic Honors: (News coverage around this)
• University Medal finalist (top 5 in graduating class of 11,000 students), 
• Departmental Citation Award (top student in Psychology). 
• I got to give the Commencement Speech at the Berkeley Psychology Commencement
• Version with intro, my commencement speech and the keynote speech where I get 2x mention. Version with just my 3 min commencement speech). 
• Highest Honors/ Highest Distinction (aka Summa Cum Laude),
• 4.0 GPA, Phi Beta Kappa, Psi Chi
• Enjoyed mesmerizing lectures taught by amazing faulty
• Haas Scholar (posts): Conducted my own faculty mentored independent student research on Autism which will lead to 2 publications on Empathy and Awe. 
• Senior Staff Journalist (posts) for the Student Paper, The Daily Californian. A column on autism, commentaries, reviews and the chance to interview with some 25+ amazing individuals along the way. I have written on many areas both disability and non-disability related.
  
• Lead Undergraduate Student Instructor (posts) for a faculty-sponsored, semester-long class on Autism (called DeCal) for 7 semesters. The class enrollment grew from under 17 to 50. It is an opportunity to influence how 50 students each semester will come to regard and interact with the "humane" in autism for the rest of their future lives. 
• Headed Team Propaganda at the unique makerspace Crip Lab - RadMad Disability Lab (Facebook Page, Twitter @RadMadLab1)
• President, Spectrum at Cal (posts) student organization at UC Berkeley.
  
• Research Assistant, Golden Bear Mood Sleep Clinic (website) & Hinshaw Lab (website)
• Associate Intern, World Enabled (website)
• I have enjoyed attending college sports. A highlight was Cal beating traditional rivals Stanford at the "Big Game" 2x and bringing home the coveted Axe trophy 2x. And winning the RedBox Bowl as well. 
• Interact with other students, participate in group projects including 2 class debates, go to Daily Cal parties and events
• And much more....
• For more posts of my Berkeley Experience, click on posts with the following Hashtags on the right panel, UC Berkeley (posts), Berkeley Haas Scholar, Autism Class,  Spectrum At Cal, Daily Californian