A lot of my work and interests orbit around SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being and the NAE Grand Challenge to Advance Health Informatics.

For me, these are not abstract labels. They map pretty directly onto questions I keep coming back to:

• Who gets access to timely, high-quality medical technology, and who does not?
• How can informatics tools help clinicians make better decisions without adding more cognitive load?
• What would it look like to design devices and software that are both sustainable and truly accessible?

As a CS: Bioinformatics student, I sit in an interesting overlap:

• I see how powerful data and algorithms can be.
• I also see how easily they can reinforce existing inequities if we are not thoughtful about design, deployment, and context.

Being a Global Changemaker Scholar has pushed me to think beyond individual projects and ask:

“If this tool works, who actually benefits and who is still left out?”

Long-term, I see myself working at the intersection of medical device innovation, health informatics, and global health by building systems that bridge gaps instead of widening them. This blog is one way for me to trace that journey, reflect on what I am learning, and hold myself accountable to the values I say I care about.