Teams run on trust — someone has to build it.

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Penn State

Financial steward of Penn State's 100-member ACM chapter.

• Own the full $5,000 annual budget cycle — allocation across technical events, operations, and conference travel

Engineering Undergraduate Council, Penn State

Student governance for Penn State's College of Engineering.

Happy Valley LaunchBox

Took Chronos through Penn State's startup accelerator programs, securing $2,000 in competitive funding through customer discovery, beta testing, and accelerator pitches.

Kazakh Student Association, Penn State

Mentor for first-year international students arriving at Penn State.

• Mentored a cohort of 10 first-year Kazakhstani students on academic planning, campus resources, and cultural adjustment

Pattee & Paterno Libraries, Penn State

Lead an 8-person service team per shift at a facility serving 500+ patrons daily — promoted to the highest student-employee tier.

IEEE, Penn State Student Chapter

General body member of the student chapter.

RoboFusion

Co-founded a student organization promoting FIRST robotics and STEM education across Kazakhstan.

• Doubled FLL + FTC team participation at our school year-over-year
• Partnered with TechnoGirls to promote STEM for girls — achieved gender parity on robotics teams
• Expanded the robotics community to 4+ schools across Astana and built an internal mentorship pipeline

STEM Outreach — Kazakhstan

Public speaking and hands-on instruction promoting the FIRST robotics movement.

• Spoke to 434 students about robotics at the International Educational Conference (AGS)
• Led hands-on robotics master classes at Nazarbayev University for rural-school students
• Team outreach campaigns reached 8.6M+ Instagram accounts

Independent

Designed and taught Python lectures — data structures and problem solving — for high school students ages 13–17.