Office of Merit Scholarships, Fellowships & Awards (OMSFA)

I spent the past four years of college balancing Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (NROTC) training, rigorous Bioengineering academics, and a part-time job at a restaurant. Through the NROTC program, I plan to commission as a Naval Nuclear Officer serving on submarines. I joined the UW Chinese Flagship program in 2020, and after many quarters of Chinese classes and NROTC commitments, I will complete my Capstone at the Defense Language Institute (DLI) in Monterey, CA. My short term goal is to be a successful naval officer, working in the naval intelligence community, where my skills in Chinese would prove invaluable. My long term goal is to work within DoD or another government agency in a position related to foreign diplomacy. After leaving the military, I have considered either continuing to do governmental work with international relations or intelligence, or to pursue my other interest: research and development in biotechnology.