EDUCATION · UW FOSTER
My MBA at Foster
Master of Business Administration
Product Management & Marketing · Graduated June 2026
My Foster MBA combined product work, venture investing, research commercialization, and student leadership, and I used each one outside the classroom.
Venture investing & competitions
UW intramural Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC)
First and second MBA years
I participated in UW’s intramural VCIC competition during both years of my MBA at Foster.
In VCIC, student teams act as a venture capital firm: they evaluate real startups, make investment decisions, and defend their recommendations to venture capital judges.
I analyzed the go-to-market (how a company reaches customers) and finance strategies of the companies our team evaluated.
More details from both competitions coming soon.
About Foster’s VCIC competition ↗Angel Investing Practicum
Reviewed around 30 startups and led due diligence on OneCourt and Waku, evaluating opportunities for a potential $25,000 university investment during a year-long MBA practicum.
Explore the work →Coursework & applied learning
My focus was product management and marketing.
Microsoft independent study
Designed and evaluated an LLM prompt for email-intent classification using real data.
Aerospace consulting
Developed cost-allocation analysis and pricing recommendations for aerospace components.
Product projects & commercialization
I built a product and evaluated a research venture. Both meant working across business and technical teams.
Ditto
A UW Foster commercialization project exploring a recruiting business for Microsoft Research’s Ditto technology, including company-culture screening as a key hypothesis.
Explore the work →ShiftSpark
A clinician-led concept for support during nursing shifts, with a business strategy connecting nurse adoption to hospital workforce needs.
Explore the work →Mentem.Lab
A depression-anxiety care navigation platform for primary care providers.
Explore the work →HeyLily
An AI assistant that screens scam calls for older adults. Our team built an Android app and a plan to reach users through senior-care organizations.
Explore the work →TheraT
Built the commercial case for a research-stage chronic kidney disease therapy, from customer discovery to market analysis and a possible spinout strategy.
Explore the work →Student leadership
During my second year, I held four club roles across Foster’s business, affinity, technology, and entrepreneurship clubs. I also organized a class trip to Colombia.
Co-President
Global Business Association (GBA)
2025–2026 · Second year of MBA
Co-led GBA’s marketing, fundraising, and cultural programming, built its finance tracker, and led Latin Carnival’s venue, vendor, and event operations.
Explore the role →Co-President
Foster LatinX MBA affinity club
2025–2026 · Second year of MBA
Co-led Foster’s LatinX MBA affinity club.
Explore the role →VP of Special AI Events
MBA Tech Club
2025–2026 · Second year of MBA
Organized AI building experiences for Foster MBA students, from redesigning a cross-program hackathon to leading a hands-on vibe-coding session.
Explore the role →VP of Entrepreneurship
MBA Entrepreneurship & Venture Capital Club
2025–2026 · Second year of MBA
Served as VP of Entrepreneurship for Foster’s MBA Entrepreneurship & Venture Capital Club.
Explore the role →Trip Organizer
Foster MBA trip to Colombia
Foster MBA class trip
Organized a trip to Colombia for my Foster MBA classmates. The trip was cancelled, but planning it took a lot of project management.
Explore the role →Community involvement
AI Spark · Foster AI Day
Led the hackathon effort within Foster’s student-led day of AI speakers, workshops, networking, and hands-on building.
Explore the work →