PIANIST · VIOLINIST · RESEARCHER · ENTREPRENEUR · CREATOR

Finding
connection
in unexpected
places.

Founder, Kits Beyond SoundDECA Co-PresidentResearch Intern, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

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A life in music
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A LITTLE ABOUT ME

Hello, I’m Eileen.

I'm a senior at Winston Churchill High School in Potomac, Maryland, who finds the most interesting questions in the spaces between disciplines. Growing up in a family affected by hearing loss has made me curious about what it means to make experiences more accessible.

My days move between music, research, design, and marketing. Through DECA, I've discovered that bringing an idea to life means understanding people, communicating its value, and building something worth sharing.

IDEAS MADE TANGIBLE

Selected work.

Music, business, research, and design.
A shared curiosity about people.

01 / ACCESSIBILITY · ENTREPRENEURSHIP · COMMUNITY

Kits Beyond Sound

As founder, I lead operations, fundraising, and a 15-member international ambassador team to make sensory learning more accessible for Deaf and Hard of Hearing children, including a 3D-printed tactile piano that turns musical pitch into touch.

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FOUNDER & PRESIDENT1,500+ TOYS & BOOKS DONATED350+ TACTILE PIANOS DONATED15 STUDENT AMBASSADORS

02 / BUSINESS · MARKETING · LEADERSHIP

The Art of Marketing

As DECA chapter co-president and one of 20 International DECA Content Creators, I explore how strategy and storytelling help ideas reach people, on stage and on screen.

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DECA CHAPTER CO-PRESIDENTICDC 2026 CONTENT CREATOR · 3.6M+ VIEWS@VIRALSCOPES · 23M+ TIKTOK VIEWS

03 / RESEARCH · AI · HEALTHCARE

Research at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

Mentored by Professor Gordon Gao, I analyze FDA data on AI-enabled medical devices and use a large language model to classify the technical causes behind their recalls.

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ACCEPTED ABSTRACT · IEEE BHI 2026OPENFDA APILLM CLASSIFICATION

04 / TECHNOLOGY · AI · COMMUNITY SERVICE

Community Learning Map

I built an AI-powered map of neighborhood book-sharing boxes. Neighbors photograph a shelf, the OpenAI API recognizes the books, and anyone can search for a title nearby.

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BUILT MYSELF · CHATGPT AS CODING ASSISTANTOPENAI API · AI BOOK RECOGNITIONSEARCH BY TITLE OR AUTHOR

05 / ADVOCACY · WRITING · CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

Advocacy & Communications

From teaching self-advocacy with Speak2Youth to leading writers at Girls for Business and campaign communications for a county council race, I help people find and share their voices.

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SPEAK2YOUTH VICE-PRESIDENT · 21 CHAPTERSGIRLS FOR BUSINESS WRITING DIRECTORCAMPAIGN COMMUNICATIONS LEAD

06 / MUSIC · EXPRESSION · DISCIPLINE

A life in music

Fourteen years at the piano and twelve with the violin, from co-concertmaster of my school orchestra to performing at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago.

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CO-CONCERTMASTER · WCHS ORCHESTRAMCYO CONCERTMASTERMARYLAND ALL-STATE PRINCIPAL

SMALL STEPS, SHARED POSSIBILITIES

Small beginnings.
Shared possibility.

Curiosity can become a project, a conversation, a connection. These are some of the communities and ideas I've been fortunate to help grow.

1,500+Sensory toys and books donated
350+3D-printed tactile pianos donated
900K+People reached through KBS advocacy