Scholar Profile

Isamar Zhu

Environmental Science

Biography

Isamar "Izzy" Zhu is a Mira Costa High School graduate and is currently attending MIT as a senior majoring in Computer Science and Engineering and minoring in Environment and Sustainability. She is the President of MIT Chinese Students Club, on the executive boards of HackMIT and HarvardxMIT Women in AI, and does research at the MIT Media Lab.

She is a National Merit Semi-Finalist, Amazon Future Engineer Scholar, Elks Most Valuable Student Scholar, Lockheed Martin STEM Scholar, UNCF Chevron Corporate Scholar, and Stantec Equity and Diversity Scholar. Izzy was the President of Beach Cities Student Tutoring and provided educational support to hundreds of youth in her community.

High school:  Mira Costa High School

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