Early Life

I was born in Bowling Green, Ohio to Ghanaian parents. I spent five years there with my two little brothers, and finished kindergarten before moving to New Jersey in 2012.

I grew up loving sports! I played football, basketball, and tennis growing and was always a competitive student and athlete.

Transition

I moved to Switzerland in 2017, leaving everything behind in the US. I learned French (!), started skiing (and eventually, snowboarding); but more importantly, opened my eyes to a new-ish way of life and culture.

High School

In high school, I was mainly involved in Football with FRM; VEX Robotics, and Football for All (student service group!). Throughout high school, I a) developed a better understanding of what technical areas were most of interest to me within Computer Science & Engineering, and b) deepened my understanding and analysis of social issues I was noticing through my travels across Europe and Ghana.

High school was the positive experience I remember it to be mainly because of the amazing people I met throughout my time there. There are far too many people to thank for helping me achieve my academic and personal goals, and for serving as my mentors, confidants, and closest friends through the trenches of the IB Diploma Programme.

Now

I am now a first-year Electrical Engineering undergraduate student at Georgia Tech, looking to pursue a minor in Law, Science, and Technology. I was fortunate enough to be named a Stamps Presidents Scholar and am attending Tech with the benefits of mentorship, programmatic engagement, academic enrichment opportunities, and merit-based financial support.

At the moment, I'm involved as an undergraduate research assistant in the Inan Research Lab; a policy analyst in the student-led Science & Technology Policy Connections; and am set to start as a Peer Instructor in The Hive Makerspace (otherwise known as the interdisciplinary design commons)!

Future

In the future, I am looking to deepen my involvement in academic research on campus; I am particularly interested in the applications of signal processing and artificial intelligence within the context of medical devices and patient monitoring. I am also excited to explore classes within the school of Public Policy, and explore the intersection of policy and innovation.

I look to work towards a world where scientific and technological innovation is accessible to all, regardless of socioeconomic status, class, geographical location, or otherwise. I believe in the power of policy and hope to simultaneously create new knowledge through academic research, and ensure the outcomes of said research are attainable to all, through policy.

My primary goal at Tech is to meet and get to know as many people as possible; build and strengthen existing relationships with those I have already met; and take this opportunity to listen to as many voices as possible in order to enrich the lens through which I view the world.