Past Staff

Jessica Cao

Jessica Cao is a freshman at Stanford. She first began to really get into competitive math in seventh grade. Since then, she has achieved honor roll in AMC 8, qualified for MathCounts State, achieved distinction in AMC 10, qualified for AIME x2, qualified for Math Prize for Girls, and won many Young Women AMC Awards. She is also a math team captain at EPHS. She has been a part of the Minnesota All-State Math Team since 9th grade and has competed with the team in various competitions such as ARML, SMT, and CMIMC. She has also attended Stanford University Math Camp (SUMaC) Residential Program II, where she studied algebraic topology and conducted and presented guided research on p-adic geometry.

Outside of math, Jessica enjoys figure skating, drawing, painting, playing with her dog, and eating.

Kaining Zhang

Kaining Zhang is a freshman at Stanford and was captain of her school’s math team. She loves teaching younger students and building their passion for math.

Kaining is an UMTYMP graduate and a three-time AIME qualifier. She is also a Math Prize For Girls qualifier. She has been a member of the Minnesota All-State Math Team since 7th grade, attending national competitions like HMMT, CMIMC, and ARML.

Outside of math, Kaining enjoys figure skating, and she is a captain of the Blake Figure Skating Team. She plays viola with the GTCYS Symphony Orchestra, and qualified for MMEA All-State Orchestra twice. She also loves crocheting and solving sudoku variations.