Sophia Gao

Sophia Gao is a junior at High Technology High School. As the vice president of her school's Student Government Association and a founder of the Podcasting Club, she is dedicated to building community and finding a voice for her peers. Outside of school, Sophia shares her passion for mathematics by leading and organizing the New Jersey chapter of Math Koritsia, a non-profit math competition for middle school girls. She has also qualified for Math Prize for Girls at MIT and spent her past two summers at Canada/USA Math camp. Her past research in bioengineering received recognition by the IEEE-WIE for Best Young Women’s Engineering Project at the Jersey Shore Science Fair. In her free time, she enjoys playing violin at her local orchestra, playing card games, and stargazing.