Editors
Junwon Choi
Data editor
Junwon is a third-year data theory student. He enjoys lifting weights, running, and taking photos.
Current authors
Alicia Ying
Stack Intern
Alicia is a math and cognitive science student. In her free time, enjoys hiking, thrifting, and following Youtube recipes.
Angel Perez
Stack Developer
Angel is a third-year global studies student from San Diego, who likes cats and swimming in the ocean.
Ayushi Kadakia
Stack Developer
Ayushi is a Business Economics student. She loves writing, coffee, and crosswords.
Cassidy Sadowski
Stack Developer
Cassidy is studying Ecology, Behavior, & Evolution and Statistics & Data Science. She enjoys working with animals, theater, and swimming.
Hannah Um
Stack Intern
Hannah is a Statistics and Data Science student. She enjoys traveling, thrifting, and cafe-hopping in her free time.
Joey Ling
Stack Developer
Joey is a cognitive science student specializing in computing and minoring in data science engineering. She likes movies, playing guitar, and cooking.
Jun Ryu
Stack Intern
Jun is an applied mathematics and statistics student who enjoys jamming, playing basketball, and searching for good food.
Kimberly Cui
Stack Developer
Kimberly (Kimi) is a data theory student. She is a matcha and guinea pig enthusiast and enjoys blogging food on Instagram.
L Yang
Stack Developer
L is an economics student with a minor in digital humanities. She enjoys jazz, painting, and dinner parties.
Luca Adams
Stack Intern
Luca Adams, a political science student, enjoys being part of the UCLA Club ultimate frisbee team and reading fiction in his spare time.
Mabel Huynh
Stack Intern
Mabel is a Data Theory student who enjoys watching movies and collecting merch from local artists.
Samantha Low
Stack Developer
Samantha Low is an environmental science student who enjoys hiking, exploring new places and taking pictures of food in her free time.
Past editors
Andrew Kan
Stack Developer
Kan was the 2020-2021 Stack editor and is a fourth-year computer science and statistics student. He enjoys longforms and any type of puzzle.
Chang Liu
Stack Editor
Chang used to be the guy in charge of this website. He studies Linguistics & Computer Science at UCLA. When he’s not busy learning both natural and programming languages, he likes to take photos, dance and travel.
Harrison Liddiard
Chief Data Nerd Emeritus
Harrison was the 2015–2016 data editor at the Daily Bruin. He studied linguistics and computer science at UCLA and has interned as a CMS developer at The New York Times. When he’s not data-nerding, he enjoys casual Web-apping, design, scuba diving, pretending he’s good at musical instruments and planning retreats.
Henna Dialani
Stack Developer
Dialani was the 2018-2019 Stack editor and a fourth-year statistics student. When not working with data, she’s exploring Los Angeles and its food.
Laurel Woods
2021-22 Data Editor
Laurel was a cognitive science and digital humanities student. She was the 2021-22 Data Editor. She loves anything outdoorsy, especially if her dog is there.
Lindsey Parungo
Data editor
Lindsey was a financial and actuarial mathematics student. She was the 2022-23 Data editor and 2021-22 assistant Data editor. She enjoys running, spending time with her dog and looking to expand her hippo memorabilia collection.
Mattie Sanseverino
Online Editor
Mattie was a computer science student. She loves the ocean and anything that contains too much sugar for her own good.
Neil Bedi
Beditor in Chief
Neil is the creator of The Stack and was the data editor in 2014-2015. He was also a Daily Bruin Photo editor and a member of the Editorial Board. He currently works as an analyst at JPMorgan. He loves journalism, creating data visualizations, reminding people of their own mortality and a good beard.
Past authors
Abby Zhao
Stack Developer
Abby is a second-year data theory and economics student. She likes spicy food, hiking and reading.
Alexander Chan
Chan was a graduate student in the Statistics Department. He likes stats, a lot. Previously, a software engineering intern at Amazon AWS, American Express, and data science intern at a start-up in France.
Ananya Garg
Stack Developer
Ananya was a statistics student who enjoys travelling, cooking and rewatching Friends in her free time.
Andre Hiwatig
Stack Developer
Andre was a third-year statistics and data science student. He likes painting and visiting thrift stores in his free time.
Angela Kan
Stack Developer
Angela is a third-year statistics and cognitive science student with a minor in film. She likes hiking, green tea, and volleyball.
Angie Wang
Executive Newsinator
Angie was the News editor at the Daily Bruin. She was previously an assistant Photo editor and News contributor. Previously, she reported on undocumented student access to higher education on a national level. She studies communication with a specialization in computing and has a complicated relationship with tomatoes.
Annie Zhang
Stack Developer
Annie was a math student who really enjoys heist novels, murder mystery TV shows, noodles and setting unrealistic goals.
Ben Greer
Stack Developer
Ben is a third-year politcal science student with a minor in social data science and film. In his free time, Ben likes to play music and travel.
Benson Han
Casual Programmer
Benson was a computer science student and is more comfortable writing code than bios.
Bernard Mendez
News Editor
Bernard was the Bruin’s News Editor. In his free time, Bernard spent time as a math student at UCLA.
Brittney Le
Stack Developer
Brittney was a human biology and society student. She likes to browse too much on Reddit, meditate and listen to podcasts.
Byron Lutz
Data Sage
Byron is the creator of the Daily Bruin’s Online department. He’s worked on countless projects for The Bruin including a website, a social media manager and a reporting project in the Philippines. He currently works as a software developer at Factual in Los Angeles. He loves UniCamp (like a lot), experimenting with hairstyles and holding watermelons.
Cameron Bian
Stack Developer
Cameron Bian was a math of computation student. He enjoys basketball, video games and watching comics.
Carter Wu
Stack Developer
Carter was one of the developers for The Stack. He studied Computer Science and Engineering, and enjoys working with big data. Outside of school, Carter loves to eat delicious food, play sports, and browse Reddit.
Catherine Hu
Stack Developer
Catherine Hu was a computer science and geography student who enjoys writing, hiking and reading.
Charlotte Huang
Stack Developer
Charlotte was an applied math and cognitive science student. Outside of math and data, she enjoys reading, watching K-Drama and listening to K-Pop.
Chelsea Chen
Stack Developer
Chelsea is a fourth-year statistics student. She enjoys listening to true crime, rollerblading, playing soccer and trying new food!
Connie Ma
Stack Developer
Connie is a second-year student.
Derrick Chau
Stack Developer
Derrick was a mathematics and economics student with a specialization in computing who loves having a new Zoom background every week.
Diego Ramirez Romero
Stack Developer
Diego was a computational and systems biology student.
Dinkar Khattar
Stack Developer
Khattar was a third-year computer science student. He’s probably the guy you see yoyo-ing and/or riding a Bird down Charles E. Young Drive.
Disha Sikaria
Stack Developer
Disha was a cognitive science and linguistics & computer science student with a specialization in computing.
Emma Cotter
Stack Developer
Emma is a second-year communication student with a minor in digital humanities. She likes graphic design and collecting postcards from places she visits.
Eustina Kim
Stack Developer
Eustina Kim was a statistics student, who also minored in digital humanities.
Faye Zou
Stack Developer
Faye was a cognitive science student. During her spare time, she likes going to the gym and playing with her puppies.
Finn Liu
Stack Developer
Finn is a second year mathematics/economics student.
Haryn Shin
Stack Developer
Haryn is a second-year cognitive science student with a specialization in computing and a minor in digital humanities. She likes to go eat Korean food and hang out with friends in her free time.
Hinal Jajal
Stack Developer
Hinal is a third-year applied math student. She likes cooking and going to the gym.
Jake Kovinsky
Stack Developer
Jake is a third-year cognitive science student.
Juan C. Rios
Stack Developer
Rios was a computer engineering student who enjoys programming and music.
Jeanette Lin
Stack Developer
Lin was a statistics student. Outside of school and data analysis projects, she loves hiking, going to the beach and drinking boba.
Jeffrey Chan
Stack Developer
Jeffrey was a front end developer who strives to add his own flavor to Daily Bruin webpages. He studied Electrical Engineering at UCLA and has an insatiable curiousity for technology. Outside of his academic coursework, he likes to tinker on personal projects, listen to EDM, and search for LA’s finest cuisine.
Jerry Li
Stack Developer
Jerry was a computer science student who transforms food into code. When not hacking away or getting lost in data, he likes to play badminton, fold origami and play board games.
Jessica Li
Stack Developer
Jessica is a third-year computational and systems biology student. She enjoys hiking and playing music.
Justin Chai
Stack Developer
Justin was a linguisitics and computer science student.
Justin Gong
Stack Developer
Justin is a third-year statistics and economics student who loves basketball and Marvel!
Katie Shepherd
Data Reporter Extraordinare
Katie was a reporter, editor and developer for the Daily Bruin, serving as an assistant News editor and an assistant Opinion editor. She’s worked at the Los Angeles Times and is currently pursuing a master’s degree at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She’s passionate about policy, government, Netflix marathons and spicy wasabi peas.
Keith Atienza
Stack Developer
Atienza was an applied mathematics and statistics student who loves stand-up comedy and being lit.
Kelly Chen
Stack Developer
Chen was a statistics student. She can usually be found dancing, even when she’s not supposed to, and is always looking for her next adventure.
Keri Chen
Stack Developer
Chen was a communications student. When not writing articles and designing for Daily Bruin, she enjoys discovering new music and takes pride in being able to pack for two weeks in a single carry-on.
Leo Cardozo
Stack Developer
Leo is a first-year statistics student. He enjoys playing tennis, cheering on UCLA sports, and going on hikes.
Lik Teng Ung
Stack Developer
Ung was a stack contributor at the Daily Bruin and a statistics and political science student. He’s an avid political poll watcher, Pythonistas and boba connoisseur.
Madeleine Pauker
Managing Editor
Pauker was the managing editor of the Daily Bruin and a world arts and cultures student. She recorded data from 365 days of crime logs to create this post.
Madeline Blasingame
Stack Developer
Maddy was a statistics and data science student whose only goal is to be TikTok famous.
Mahir Eusufzai
Stack Developer
Mahir was a computer science student. He’s a huge Lakers fan and occasionally posts piano/guitar videos on YouTube. He is frequently mistaken for Mihir Mathur.
Mansa Krishna
Stack Developer
Mansa was an applied mathematics student with a specialization in computing, who also minored in history. She is a coffee-for-breakfast advocate with a deep, abiding love for historical fiction.
Mari Yamamoto
Stack Developer
Mari is a second-year computational & systems biology student.
Maria Becerra
Stack Developer
Maria was a cognitive science student with a specialization in computing. She loves coffee, flowers and collecting stationary.
Michael Huang
Stack Developer
Michael is lit.
Michael Hull
Assistant Sports Editor
Hull currently covers men’s water polo for the Sports section. He was a writer for the track and field team in the spring of 2016, and for the NCAA champion men’s water polo team in 2015.
Nalin Chopra
Stack Developer
Nalin is third-year a data theory student. He enjoys listening to aespa and going to the beach.
Nancy (Zihan) Zhang
Stack Developer
Nancy is a third-year data theory student who likes matcha latte and volleyball.
Natalie Ethell
Stack Developer
Natalie was a computer science student. She has been dancing since she was 5 and enjoys any combination of bagels and dogs.
Nathan Smith
Assistant Online Editor
Smith was an assistant online editor at the Daily Bruin and a computer science student. When he’s not scrolling through USAC PDFs or staring at lines of code, he enjoys Eggo waffles, visiting museums and writing about electric scooters.
Nick Yu
Honorary Councilmember Editor
A microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics student, Nick covers Gene Block and his crew in addition to campus politics, which means he enjoys spending his Tuesday nights at Kerckhoff 417, where USAC meets. He has no idea what he wants to do with his life, but he likes writing and has an interest in studying viruses. He’s a master of the top-button-unbuttoned-with-tie-and-boutonniere look.
Nicole Chua
Stack Developer
Nicole was a statistics student. She enjoys spicy food, green tea and being in the sun.
Radhika Ahuja
Stack Developer
Radhika was a math of computation student. Outside of school, she enjoys writing, dance, cooking and other things creative.
Rishub Kumar
Stack Developer
Kumar is a UCLA alumnus and a previous Daily Bruin staffer.
Rupan Bharanidaran
News Editor
Bharanidaran was the news editor at the Daily Bruin and a political science and economics student. He helped input data from the crime logs and enjoys reading books and analyzing campaign contribution data in his free time.
Ryan Leou
Daily Bruin Reporter
Ryan was the national news and higher education editor for the Daily Bruin. He studied political and environmental science. In his free time, he enjoys browsing Wikipedia, napping, traveling around the world and compiling data about elections.
Saachi Kudtarkar
Stack Developer
Kudtarkar was a mathematics of computation student. She enjoys watching TED talks and eating Veggie Grill, especially at the same time!
Sid Baphna
Stack Developer
Sid was an economics and psychology student. He enjoys reading, playing basketball, and exploring LA in his free time.
Sydney Kovach
Stack Developer
Sydney Kovach was a global Studies and geography student who loves dancing and taking yoga classes in her free time.
Tim Guo
D3 Magnate
Tim was a developer for the Daily Bruin. He’s worked at Hulu and is currently studying computer science at Brown University. His interests include photography and psychology. He considers his greatest skill his ability to consume apples whole.
Tyler Wu
Stack Developer
Tyler was a data theory and cognitive science student. He likes making apps and taking naps.
Tyson Ni
Data Viz Apprentice
Tyson likes telling stories with data. Feel free to send him feedback, data, or story ideas.
Vivian Luk
Stack Developer
Vivian was a statistics and sociology student with a specialization in computing. She enjoys hikes, matcha lattes and podcasts on 1.8x speed.
Xuxin Zhang
Stack Developer and Photo staff
Xuxin was an applied mathematics and statistics student. He loves collecting vintage film cameras and taking photos for strangers.
Yiling Liu
Daily Bruin Contributor
Yiling wrote for the Science and Health beat in the Daily Bruin. She studied biochemistry. In her free time, she enjoys watching good music videos like Luhan’s “Lu”.