Staff
Say HELLO to your Spring 2025 Academic Development Committee!
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Executives
Henry Hong
Support Vector Machines
Hey guys! I’m Henry! I’m a second year Computer Science + Cognitive Science Major from Pleasanton. Super excited to meet you guys! This is my third semester in Academic Development and I am a fellow DeCal alumni. My hobbies include playing the saxophone, piano, hiking, dragon boat, and exploring campus (especially strawberry creek!).
Alan Wang
Data Visualization
ALO! I’m Alan, a senior studying EECS. I spawned at Irvine, CA and this will be my second sem as a part of Acadev. Apparently I’m weird for mixing my neapolitan ice cream but I still stand by it. I enjoy playing tennis, pickleball, badminton, smash, climbing, hiking, and consuming copious amounts of animanga. Also, I’ll pay anyone $20 if they can beat my zetamac score or $5 if you can beat me in word hunt.
Teaching Assistants
Alisha Luc
Machine Learning
Hey! I’m Alisha and I’m a first year Data Science Major. I’m from the San Jose, Bay area and this is my first semester in the DSS acadev committee. I love my dog, binging Netflix, crocheting, drinking matcha, and eating buldak ramen noodles. I’m super excited to meet everyone!
Yara Hassan
Pandas
Heyyy, I’m Yara!! I’m a second year studying Data Science and Environmental Economics, originally from Egypt, but I grew up in the Bay Area. 🌉🌉This is my first semester in Academic Development, but I previously took this Decal!! 📚I enjoy cooking, yapping n napping, shopping, and exploring new places. I am so excited to meet you all and for a great semester!! 🫶🤭
Manav Bhargava
Machine Learning
Hi I’m Manav! I’m a sophomore studying Cognitive Science and I’m really excited to be a part of the academic development committee this semester! Some of my interests include listening to music (i love sonder, giveon, uzi, and i’m a BIG tory lanez fan), playing/watching sports (baseball, basketball, football, and even fantasy football), yapping, eating a lot of food, and trying to learn how to play my ukelele (emphasis on trying). I can’t wait to meet everyone this fall!
Tutors
Alex Toohey
Data Visualization
Hi! I’m Alex, a first year Data Science major from San Francisco. I took the DeCal last semester and had a great experience, so I am super excited to be returning as a tutor to help you all enjoy it as much as I did! I love playing tennis, hiking, skiing, baking, watching sports, and trying new foods!
Iana Mae Peralta
Data Visualization
Hi!! I’m Iana, a third-year Data Science major from San Jose! This is my first semester in Academic Development :) I love traveling, trying new matcha/food spots, going to the gym, baking, and arts & crafts <3 I’m so excited to meet everyone, feel free to reach out about anything!
Michelle Li
Data Visualization
Hi I’m Michelle! I’m a sophomore from San Diego studying Data Science. I’m a former DeCal student and now I’m super excited to be on Academic Development Committee! I love trying new food spots with friends, watching sunsets, painting, reading (my fav genres are dystopian/fantasy), and grocery shopping (I love hoarding Costco samples). Can’t wait to meet everyone :)
Nathan Tran
Data Visualization
Hey guys! My name is Nathan and I’m a freshman studying Applied Math. This is my first semester teaching in the DeCal and I look forward to working with y’all. I love watching sports, betting, watching anime, working out, and traveling. Very excited to meet everyone this semester!