About CTSG

Hi! We are the Cornell Tech Student Government.

We aim to serve Cornell Tech by giving Master's students a voice, representing student opinions, and maintaining tradition to enrich the overall quality of student life. We give student interest groups funding, put on events, and serve as the liaison between you and CT administration.  

Executive Board

 

 

Q. If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Instant noodles - I’m a sucker for Samyang Buldak (super spicy noodles). I’m convinced that the most delicious meal you could ever have is instant noodles during a late night work session. 

Q. What is something silly that you’re really passionate about?
Being a New York Knicks fan - it’s silly how much I care about them despite the amount of times they let me down. I tell my friends and family that this is how they can tell that I’m a loyal man.

Q. What book/movie/show can you watch over and over again without getting bored?
How I Met Your Mother. The show is legendary!

 

 

Q. If you were to choose another major, what would it be and why?
Either math or physics, omg. I absolutely love both, especially theoretical physics, and will geek out on them FOR DAYS.

Q. What’s your favorite family recipe?
My mom’s meatball recipe! I oddly found it recently while going through health records of when I was a baby 🤔

Q. What is a motto you follow?
Be kind :)

 

 

Q. If you were to choose another major, what would it be and why?
Public Policy or Political Sciences. Maybe because I’m a strong centralist and believe that balance is the key to solving major issues. 🤪

Q. What book/movie/show can you watch over and over again without getting bored?
TV Shows - Modern Family or Brooklyn Nine nine. Book - Harry Potter (Specifically Prisoner of Azkaban). Movie - Big Hero Six/Iron Giant. Animated Show - FMA Brotherhood!

Q. If you could live anywhere, where would it be?
BHUTAN! Oh my god if you haven’t been yet - what are you waiting for? It’s a carbon negative country (which means they absorb carbon dioxide instead of release it like the rest of the world) and are the happiest people on the planet!

 

Q. What is your favorite reality TV show?
“The tribe has spoken.” - Survivor

Q. What is an unpopular opinion you hold?
Birds 🦜 are the best type of pet

Q. What is the best piece of advice you’ve ever been given?
We tend to see life as an outcome oriented process, but life is more than achieving outcomes - it is about creating space that invites unexpected gifts in your life and that is enough. That can be the finish line.

 

 

Q. What is a motto you follow?
Focus more on process and less on result.

Q. If you were to choose another major, what would it be and why?
Astrophysics: I have loved learning about space & stars ever since I was a kid. Someday (if possible), I would love to travel to space and look at earth, moon & the stars from the International Space Station.

Q. What talent would you like to learn someday?
Kendo: Samurai Sword Fighting

 

Q. What would you sing at Karaoke night?
“You’re Still The One” by Shania Twain

Q. What style decisions do you regret from your middle school days?
I would wear fun-patterned knee-high socks or leg warmers over leggings… why

Q. If you were the star of your own reality show, what would it be called?
“Good Story, Emma…”

Q. What do you take everywhere with you?
A book! In my backpack, on my phone, sometimes just in my hand. You’ll never catch me without one :)

Q. What is a motto you follow?
Peacetime: The pie is big enough for all of us :)
Wartime: This is Sparta!

Q. What is your favorite reality TV show?
The Great British Bake-Off, of course!

Program Representatives

Program representatives serve as the program-specific point of contact for students and the liaison between a program and CTSA & CT administration. 

 

 

Q. If you were to choose another major, what would it be and why?
I would have majored in musical theater and become a Broadway star. I have always loved to dance, sing and act despite my limited talent.

Q. What is a motto that you live by?
Passion precedes results. I believe that the biggest accomplishments in life stem from something you are deeply passionate about as this drives motivation.

Q. What is an unpopular opinion you hold?
Mangos are the most overrated fruit and I do not like them at all.

 

Q. What is one of your favorite hobbies?
Cooking for friends and family!

Q. What is a random fun fact about you?
I can ski down a whole mountain backwards.

Q. If you had a famous restaurant, what would be your signature dish?
The menu would consist of Creamy Spinach Chicken Flautas, a Honey Balsamic Caprese Salad and Bourbon Chicken.

 

Q. If you could live anywhere, where would it be?
“Home is where you park it” – I absolutely love traveling and would love to RV full-time at some point.

Q. What book/movie/show can you watch over and over again without getting bored?
Suits!

Q. What is a motto you follow?
“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard”

 

 

Q. If you could live anywhere, where would it be?
I’m a Bond fan, so, Matera, Italy

Q. What is your favorite class and why?
Computer Vision by Noah Snavely. Loved the real world examples. Imagine using pictures taken by tourists to create a 3D construction of a town!!! Just wow

Q. What talent would you like to learn someday?
Would love to learn to play the saxophone

 

 

Q. What are your hobbies?
I’m a movie buff and spend quite a bit of time at the theater. I also enjoy painting, indoor skydiving, cake decorating, and building things.

Q. What are you currently watching?
I’ll watch just about anything, but I love dramas, sci-fi, and documentaries. My current watch list includes Succession, The Morning Show, Schitt’s Creek, Ozark, and Stargate SG-1.

Q. What is your hidden skill/talent?
Public speaking/oration and singing.

 

Q. What book/movie/show can you watch over and over again without getting bored?
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy! (the books, not the movie – although the movie is also pretty good)

Q. Weirdest thing you made?
A drip coffee maker out of a plastic food container (tough times, but good coffee is a must ☕️)

Q. What would your friends say your “catchphrase” is?
“She’ll be right”

 

Q. What is a motto you follow?
“If you change nothing, nothing will change.” It helps put the complaints/ whines into perspective, if you see something that is not good enough for you, go and do something about it.

Q. What book/movie/show can you watch over and over again without getting bored?
No doubt Silicon Valley (2014) or Modern Family (2009).

Q. If you were to choose another major, what would it be and why?
Science, Technology & Society! I think what I am doing now is pretty close, but I wish I had 4 years to dive deep into how these interact with one another. Since humans are so complex, it is exciting to see what we come up with and how it links to our environment!
 

Q. If you could live anywhere, where would it be?
I spent some time this past summer in the Scottish Highlands. It was a transcendental experience and I want to spend some time just living in a cabin up there at some point. I like sheep.

Q. What talent would you like to learn someday?
I’d love to get good at capoeira. I’ve tried like 3 times but good god is it hard!

Q. What is one thing you will never do again?
I once chose to roll down a 400 foot tall sand dune. Sand is not as soft as it looks!

 

Q. Favorite thing you’ve built?
Bluetooth potato launcher

Q. Craziest thing you’ve made?
Solid rocket booster fuel. Exploded on me ⅖ times, but I got the process down after 2nd failure.

Q. What’s your favorite thing to do?
Building things, working on fun projects, matching up the physics with my projects.