ABOUT ME
A Researcher
I’ve never been a good reader, but because I was always a smart and determined kid, the adults in my life didn’t notice. It was only until I started college when I realized the severity of the problem. Struggling through a dense psychology reading in the late hours of night, I watched letters tilt as if they were caught in a stormy ocean’s waves. After nearly two years trying to understand what was happening, I got diagnosed with ADHD and an eye condition called exophoria. They’re both mild, but strong enough to have made me always feel different from my peers.
It made me think about how many other people must be going through the same thing as me, slipping through the cracks and never fully understanding themselves. I started working closely with Wellesley’s accessibility department, and immersing myself into cognitive psychology after realizing that how humans read is much more complicated than I thought.
Undergraduate Thesis Project
Wellesley College Psychology Department
MIT Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences
September 2024 – Present
- Critically reviewed of 115+ research papers, on the impacts of typographic design on reading and cognitive functions, primarily for dyslexic readers
- Interviewed Psychology, Studio Art, Cognitive & Linguistic sciences, and Computer Science faculty, to drive conceptualization and needs-finding
- Attending weekly advisory meetings
Gabrieli Lab, MIT Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences
Cambridge, MA
June 2025 – October 2025
- Conducted literature review of 70+ research papers evaluating the effectiveness of cognitive training programs for individuals with learning disabilities
- Collaborated with The Carroll School for Students with Learning Disabilities in advisory meetings
- Assisted in fMRIi brain scans for children with ADHD and developmental dyslexia to collect experimental data
“The Effect of Roommate Similarity on Closeness, Self-Esteem, and Reading Comprehension”
Wellesley College Psychology Department | Wellesley, MA
January 2025 – May 2025
- Conceptualized and conducted original research evaluating college-level interpersonal roommate relationships and their impact on individual socio-cognitive abilities, with a focus on reading
- Examined literature to invent study questions, hypotheses, determine adequate research methods, design, and tests
- Prepared an ethics proposal for IRB approval; developed Qualtrics to administer participants experimental protocol
- Analyzed data using SPSS and G*Power, presented research findings, and authored a final manuscript in APA style
Lexi in Wellesley: Linguistic Mapping Project
Wellesley, MA
January 2025 – May 2025
Wellesley, MA
January 2025 – May 2025
- Attended weekly meetings with student ambassadors and PIs from Computer Science and Psychology Departments to implement a Slack chat bot collecting and mapping languages spoken across campus for educational material
- Researched typography and interpretive guidelines from museums, national parks, and botanic gardens around the world to design cohesive and clear signage templates for promotional and educational materials