Hey there! I'm Nicole and I study CS + Econ @ UIUC. I'm currently on a gap year in SF, excited to explore awesome startups.
- I've worked on ops at large companies like BCG and PwC, and product and growth at startups like Leland and EpicHire
- On campus:
- Led Product Space UIUC as Co-President and ran UIUC's first Product Hackathon, securing $17k in prize money
- Founded and led the development of a language resource app called J!ila through Enactus for 700+ Q'anjob'al speakers
- Did Conversational LLM and HCI research under amazing professors (paper)
- Built the HackIllinois 2025 mobile app
- And much more!
- Outside of work, you can find me playing tennis, trying a new matcha cafe, or exploring something new (workout class, city, or asian restaurant)!
I'm energized by smart, passionate people pursuing cool things that help the world. I would love to chat if you are building!
