ABOUT KARA

Hi! I am a senior at UC Berkeley studying Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Aerospace Engineering and pursuing two business certificates in Entrepreneurship and Changemaking. I have 13+ months of internship experience, including two internships at VAST (Summer 2024, part-time Fall 2024, Summer 2025) as an ECLSS Life Support Systems Engineering Intern and an internship at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory as a Systems Integration and Test Engineering Intern for Instrument Electronics on missions like Europa Clipper, CRISTAL, Carbon Plume Mapper, and SMICES. On the side, I professionally coach high school students for the competitive Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) and its regional fairs- a competition I also competed and published my research through during high school. I co-founded UC Berkeley's American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) student branch, served as an advisor for SpaceForm (space materials science club), and currently hold a leadership role as an Outreach Liaison for the UC Berkeley Association of Women in Aerospace.​ My hobbies include weightlifting, growing cool plants, cooking & baking, trail-running & hiking, beach volleyball, skiing, and trying new coffee shops in the Bay Area. 🚀