As much as you would like to believe I work 24/7, I do have other activities and interests.

As far back as elementary school, I have been a

student-athlete.  I have represented British Columbia in national tournaments and have received gold medals in the tournaments.  In addition to being an athlete, I am also a level 2 national certified coach under NCCP.  Another sports related certification that I hold is the open water divers from PADI.

Throughout highschool, I have always been selected to be leaders for leadership conferences around Lower Mainland in British Columbia.  So I attended several leadership conferences a year.  Throughout grad school I constantly looked forward to and participated at various conferences.

I can safely say that I am a true believer in giving back to things that I gained from.  That is why I am involved in volunteer work.  As an example, I was involved in the “CS Graduate Student Volunteering Program”.  I was the president of this program and we ran internet courses for seniors.  In addition, I was the Graduate Students Representative in the Department of Computer Science during grad school.  Now, I am still an active member of the UVic SPARCS outreach program.

Some of my other activities are listed on the right side bar.