I got the opportunity to work as a QA Intern at Calcey Technologies for a six-month internship. During that time, I worked on three different projects, guided by three amazing mentors from each project. My work involved UX demos, bug reporting, writing test cases, and performing regression testing. This experience taught me a lot about real-world software processes. It was a bit challenging to juggle it with university since it wasn't during the official internship period — but I made it work.

We won second place in the DataStorm 5.0 Analytics Competition out of 150 teams. In the first round, we had to build a supervised model, followed by an unsupervised model in the second. The final round pushed us even further, where we had to use LLMs to create an AI model and pitch it to a panel. A lot of the concepts were new to us, especially as first-years, but we learned fast and managed to implement everything within a tight deadline. It was an intense but unforgettable experience that really boosted our confidence in data science and teamwork.

I'm currently the Vice Chairwoman of the IEEE WIE Affinity Group of UoM. Alongside academics and group projects, I've chaired events, coordinated and guided members, and mentored several projects as well. It's been a rewarding experience that's helped me grow as a leader while giving back to a community I care about.