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2017 - Became a research manager at UC Merced Health Communications & Interventions Lab where she collaborated with CDC and research universities to create health intervention programs: smoking cessation, reducing risk for skin cancer, and finding factors that would lead to increased physical exercise
2018 - Presented at the American Psychological Sciences Convention on "The Roles of Cancer Risk Representations, Risk-Action Coherence, and Affect in Motivating Physical Activity" where we highlighted self-efficacy and coherence with significant contributing factors to changing behavior
2020 - Graduated from Keck Graduate Institute with a Master of Science in Human Genetics and Genomic Data Analysis and collaborated with Scripps Translational Research Institute to expedite a deep learning neural network to process across the entire human genome
2021 - Published "Rapid, Reference-Free human genotype imputation with denoising autoencoders" published in eLife Journals whose goal was to use an affordable technology to help inform the public of their genetic risk for cardiovascular disease
2021 - Formed HonuSquare — an e-commerce company retailing cookware and homeware for the Asian family
2022 - Graduated from Founder Institute, an accelerator program for startups, to initiate the process of product development, patenting, and fundraising
2023 - Remodeled several family property units and increased rental prices to market rate for long- and medium-term rentals
2024 - Launched AirBnb listing and actively engaged in short-term rentals
Leslie’s portfolio shows what she has initiated and executed despite multiple differing industries. Nonetheless, they always start with a problem and end with a decision.
Solving problems within these spaces:
Biotechnology
Retail
Real Estate
Has helped Leslie understand the importance of data in making sound decisions. That's why she specializes in data analysis and visualization, helping companies turn raw data into actionable insights. She uses cutting-edge tools and techniques to collect, clean, and analyze your data, uncovering patterns and trends that can help you derive more confident decision strategies.