Planting, learning to tend to crops and messing around on the farm are some of the fondest memories that come to mind when thinking about my high school experience. It was here that I first touched code in my life in the after school Informatics class. I distinctly remember having two choices - joining Cadets or Informatics, both of which ran after schools on Monday. I tossed up the two choices: marching for hours in the 40°C summer or hiding inside an airconditioned room learning how to code (I chose the latter of course!)

As part of the informatics team, I went on to compete in the Australian Informatics Olympiad, French-Australian Regional Informatics Olympiad and the Australian Invitational Informatics Olympiad as well as attending the Summer School of Excellence. Apart from that, I was involved heavily in student life as a student prefect, peer support leader and library assistant.

The University of Sydney is where I'm undertaking my current degree - a Bachelors of Engineering (Mechatronics)/Bachelors of Science (Computer Science/Maths). I wanted to supplement my love of programming with the physical aspect of engineering which is why I chose to do a double degree. After doing engineering though, I can definitely say I like software much more!