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Experience
Academic Year Intern

September 2025 - Present

Selected as one of 36 interns, Sarah Zhou collaborates in a group with 4 other high school students to build an image-recognition machine learning model to improve Multi-Disease Chest X-ray screening for clinical use.

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Founder & Developer - SynthEquity

November 2025 - Present

SynthEquity bridges the gap between privacy laws and the need for granular health data. Leveraging generative AI technology. It aims to mitigates "medical deserts" by allowing city planners to model the exact impact of new clinics or transit routes on community health access scores without spending any money.

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Founder & Developer - CareTranslate

February 2025 - Present

CareTranslate was born from the recognition that healthcare communication barriers prevent millions of people from receiving optimal care. Our mission is to bridge these gaps using AI-powered technology that respects cultural differences and simplifies complex medical information.

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STI Forum Youth Delegate - United Nations (UN)

May 2025 - May 2025

As one of the few 15-year olds selected as a youth delegate, Sarah Zhou attended UN’s 10th Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for SDGs. Youth delegates’s perspectives and contributions are vital for ensuring technological progress is equitable, responsive to diverse needs, and accessible to everyone.

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Youth Fellow - Learning Planet Institute

March 2025 - Present

Selected as a Youth Fellow, Sarah Zhou actively contribute youth insights and ideas to the Learning Planet Institute's initiatives. Through workshops, collaborative projects, and exchanges with diverse peers and experts, she deepens her understanding of transformative learning approaches and how collective action can address pressing global issues.

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Founder & President - CareBridge

January 2024 - Present

CareBridge is a youth-led initiative to bridge healthcare accessibility gaps using AI technology. Why CareBridge? At least half of the world's population lacks access to quality healthcare, and at least two billion people worldwide experience visual impairments. Sarah Zhou launched the CareBridge initiative because she believes that access to basic health care is a human right, regardless of one’s specific conditions.

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Education
Castilleja School

High School Diploma

2024 - 2028

Grade: 10

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Activities and societies:

(1) AI for Good Causes Club: Founder & President
(2) Casti Coders, Engineer for Equity, STEMx Clubs: Active Member

(3) Counterpoint (Casti Newsletter): Staff Writer

(4) Student Government: Senator

(5) Varsity Volleyball: Outside/Opposite Hitter

University of Pennsylvania

Engineering Summer Academy (ESAP),

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

July 2025 - July 2025

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The AI course merges core theoretical knowledge of AI principles with practical generative tools. Students learn key mathematical concepts behind machine learning and neural networks, and apply those in creating custom AI models.

Licenses & Certificates

Certificate of Completion - Artificial Intelligence

UPenn Engineering

Issued July 2025

Skills: Artificial Intelligence (AI)

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Certificate of Completion - Stanford AIMI Health AI Bootcamp

Stanford Center for Artificial Intelligence in

Medicine and Imaging (AIMI)

Issued Jun 2025

Skills: Artificial Intelligence (AI)

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Certificate of Completion - AI Scholars

Inspirit AI

Issued September 2024

Skills: Artificial Intelligence (AI),

Python (Programming Language)

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Certificate of Excellence - RCM Piano Level 9

The Royal Conservatory of Music

Issued May 2024

Skills: Piano

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Volunteering
Peer Tutor (Math & English)

Castilleja School

September 2022 - Present

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Admission Ambassador

Castilleja School

September 2025 - Present

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Honors & Awards
Diamond Challenge - California State Champion & Global finalist

Won California state champion in the live pitch round of the social innovation track. Advanced as a global finalist to compete at the Limitless World Summit Competition of the Diamond Challenge.

Scholastic Writing Contest Bay Area Gold & Silver Key Award 2x

January 2026, January 2025

AMC10 AIME Qualification with Distinction Award (Top 5%) 2x

December 2025, December 2024

US New Star Piano Competition - 2nd Place Winner

Issued by US New Star Music Inc., May 2025

2nd place winner in the advanced level for the Chopin Group

American Protégé International Piano Competition - 2nd Place Winner

Issued by American Protégé, February 2025

Congressional App Challenge Special Recognition Award

November 2024

National History Day Competition: State Runner-Up

Issued by NHD-CA, May 2024

Honorable Mention, 4th in the State

Skills

​Artificial Intelligence (AI), 

Java, Python and JavaScript,

Data Analysis & Data Modeling, 

Pandas (Software), Seaborn,

Web Design

Creative Writing
Leadership

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