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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Education
Castilleja School
High School Diploma
2024 - 2028
Grade: 10

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

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)

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)

Certificate of Completion - AI Scholars
Inspirit AI
Issued September 2024
Skills: Artificial Intelligence (AI),
Python (Programming Language)

Certificate of Excellence - RCM Piano Level 9
The Royal Conservatory of Music
Issued May 2024
Skills: Piano

Volunteering
Peer Tutor (Math & English)
Castilleja School
September 2022 - Present

Admission Ambassador
Castilleja School
September 2025 - Present

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