Blog

📖 Reflections & Insights

Stories and ideas from my journey through tech, wellness, and medicine.

👵 The Girl in the Picture

A memoir about my great-grandmother’s impact on education, resilience, and dreaming big.

🧘‍♀️ The Science Behind My Breathing App

How breathing research inspired me to design a simple wellness app for teens.

🔬 Evaluating MRI in Prostate Cancer Screening

Exploring how new imaging technologies can improve early cancer detection — my first independent research project.

📊 Why I Created the Mood Tracker App

How checking in with my emotions daily helped me understand patterns — and how coding helped me turn that into a tool for others.

📚 Gratitude = Dopamine? Here’s How I Turned That Into an App

Why thankfulness improves mental health, boosts dopamine — and how I built an app to help others try it too.

💞 Small Acts, Big Impact: Why I Made the Kindness Wheel

Even a small act like holding the door or texting a friend can change someone’s day — and your brain. Here’s why I made an app for that.

🏥 From Shadowing to Doing: My First Hands-On Healthcare Internship

How five weeks at SGMA gave me more than medical insight — it taught me the power of presence and patient connection.