What an honor to receive the School of Information and Computer Science's 2025 Faculty Service Award!
One of the service roles I'm most proud of is working toward creating a Disability Cultural Center on UC Irvine's campus. In 2023, I chaired a campus-wide task force that painted the vision for such a center. In 2024, I advocated for the first two years of funding to staff the center and prepare an accessible student space. And, in 2025, I am over the moon that we are in the process of hiring the founding Director of the DCC. It's taken a community of students, staff, faculty, and campus leaders with and without disabilities to get to this point. I am excited to see what comes next.