I'm a **student** at Carnegie Mellon University learning to manipulate symbols in meaningful ways. My interests are in **extremal combinatorics**, **algorithms**, and **optimization** problems. Some stuff about me: - I'm a **jazz** **guitar** fanatic & player for the CMU Jazz Orchestra. That also means I'm allegedly 85 years old in terms of my music-listening age... - I'm committed to bringing others up with me in math: I've previously been a **teaching assistant** for 21-127, a **supplemental instruction leader** for 15-151 and 21-242, an **instructor** at the AwesomeMath Summer Program, a **teacher/coach** at the Nuvu Innovation School in Cambridge MA, and an afterschool coding teacher for kids. - I like to **create**... stuff (strange music, videos, puzzles for friends, programs, writing, etc). Most of these things you can find sprinkled somewhere in this network of markdown files. ### Snippets ### - I'm from the Boston metropolitan area - I'm an endurance and racket sports enthusiast. - Favorite recently-consumed books: How to Do Nothing; Strange Houses; Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman; 1984 - Favorite recently-consumed movies: Past Lives; Columbus; Beautiful Boy; Soulmate - Favorite recently-consumed records: Something For Real - Kiefer Trio; Ivy Boy - Ivy Boy; Varra IV - Varra - I have `3` cats. - I'm a pro at getting 8 hours of sleep. - I'm `3` years off social media. This webpage is my digital apparatus and home to some ongoing work and projects. Thanks for stopping by! If you are interested in private tutoring, see [predellatutoring.com](https://predellamathtutoring.com/). [[Math]], [[Music]], [[Thoughts]]