SORA SHIRAI

SORA SHIRAI

2016-2017: Mathleague.org National Championships competitor for two consecutive years
2017: FIRST Lego League World Festival competitor; winner of the Global Innovation Award for the State of New Hampshire
2018: Middle School Level Honorable Mention at an international essay contest by the Association for Women in Mathematics
2020, 2021, 2022: Poster Presentation at American Junior Academy of Science
2021, 2022: Japan International Philosophy Olympiad Final Qualifier Honorable Mention
2022: Special Olympics USA GAMES ORLANDO 2022 Athletic Division Team 2nd Place Nationally
2023: U.S. Presidential Scholar

As a Computer Science and Molecular Biology major at MIT, I’m excited to spend the next three years continuing to explore the intersection between these fields and learn more about how computer science could potentially be leveraged to more efficiently solve global health problems to improve people’s lives.